Asia
Asia
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Geography of Asia
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Regions of Asia
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Central Asia
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East Asia
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Southeast Asia
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South Asia
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Western Asia
Economy of Asia:
The
Economy of Asia
comprises more than 4.4 billion people in 2016 (60% of the world population) living in 49 different states
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List of Asian countries by GDP
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Agriculture in Asia by country
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Labor in Asia by country
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Rural society in Asia
Economic history of Asia:
Economic history of Asia
and by country
1997 Asian financial crisis:
1997 Asian financial crisis
2007–2008 world food price crisis:
2007–2008 world food price crisis
Since 2008 worldwide 'Great Recession' in Asia:
While beginning in the USA, the Great Recession since 2008 spread to Asia rapidly and has affected much of the region
Since 2019/2020 socio-economic impact of Chinese coronavirus pandemic on Asia:
Socio-economic impact of the 2019–20 Chinese coronavirus pandemic on Asia
20 March 2020 travel restrictions threaten Asian migrant labourers:
20 March 2020: Travel restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of Chinese coronavirus, which has infected more than 245,000 people globally and killed more than 10,000, threaten to leave millions of South Asian migrant labourers without work
Labor and labor relations in Asia by country:
Labor in Asia
by country
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Labor relations in Asia
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Trade unions in Asia by country
Poverty in Asia by country:
Poverty in Asia by country
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Social class in Asia
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Rural society in Asia
Social issues in Asia:
Social issues in Asia by country
History of
Central Asia
Economy of Central Asia:
Economy of Central Asia
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Energy in Central Asia
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Natural gas fields in Central Asia
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Central Asia–Center gas pipeline system
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Oil fields of Central Asia
Agriculture in Central Asia:
Agriculture in Central Asia, the five Central Asian countries are highly agrarian, with 60% of the population living in rural areas and agriculture accounting for over 45% of total number of employed and nearly 25% of GDP on average
Demographics of Central Asia:
Demographics of Central Asia
Environment of Central Asia:
Geology of Central Asia
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Natural history of Central Asia
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Climate of Central Asia
Landforms and ecoregions of Central Asia:
Landforms of Central Asia
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Ecoregions of Asia
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Mountains of Central Asia
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Deserts of Central Asia
Water in Central Asia:
Water in Asia
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Rivers of Asia by country
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Central Asian Internal Drainage Basin
Aral Sea:
Aral Sea, formerly one of the four largest lakes in the world but shrinking since the 1960s, was an endorheic lake (one with no outflow) lying between Kazakhstan in the north and Uzbekistan in the south, as the Aral Sea drainage basin encompasses Uzbekistan and parts of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and Iran
Caspian Sea:
The Caspian Sea, the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth by area, and an endorheic basin (a basin without outflows) located between Europe and Asia, bounded by Kazakhstan to the northeast, Russia to the northwest, Azerbaijan to the west, Iran to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southeast
August 2018:
12 août 2018: Cinq pays bordant la mer Caspienne ont signé dimanche au Kazakhstan une convention définissant le statut légal de cette mer d'Asie qui recèle d'importants gisements d'hydrocarbures
History of
East Asia
Economy of East Asia:
Economy of East Asia
Environment of East Asia:
Environment of East Asia
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Natural history of East Asia
East Asian monsoon and rainy season:
East Asian monsoon carries moist air from the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean to East Asia, affecting approximately one-third of the global population, influencing the climate of Japan (including Okinawa), the Koreas, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, the Philippines, Indochina, and much of mainland China
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East Asian rainy season
History of
Southeast Asia
Economy of Southeast Asia:
Economy of Southeast Asia
Environment of Southeast Asia:
Environment of Southeast Asia
History of
South Asia
Economy of South Asia:
Economy of South Asia
Environment, climate and water of South Asia:
Natural history of Asia
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Geology of the Himalaya
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Climate of South Asia
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Water in Asia
Himalayas:
Himalayas mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau
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Ecoregions of the Himalayas
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Ecology of the Himalayas
Glaciers of the Himalayas:
Glaciers of the Himalayas
February 2019 melting due to climate change:
4 February 2019: At least a third of the huge ice fields in Asia’s towering mountain chain are doomed to melt due to climate change, according to a landmark new report, with serious consequences for almost 2 billion people, as even radical climate change action won’t save glaciers
June 2019 melting of Himalayan glaciers:
19 June 2019: The melting of Himalayan glaciers has doubled since the turn of the century, with more than a quarter of all ice lost over the last four decades, scientists have revealed, saying the losses indicate a devastating future for the region, upon which a billion people depend for regular water
Hazards and general safety of mountaineering and outdoor 'recreation' in dangerous regions:
Hazards and general safety of mountaineering and outdoor 'recreation' in dangerous regions
List of deaths on eight-thousanders:
List of deaths on eight-thousanders
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List of people who died climbing Mount Everest
Monsoon of South Asia and floods:
Monsoon of South Asia
2017 South Asian floods:
2017 South Asian floods
Effects of global warming on South Asia:
Effects of global warming on South Asia
November 2019 global heating 'supercharging' Indian Ocean:
19 November 2019: Global heating is 'supercharging' an increasingly dangerous climate mechanism in the Indian Ocean that has played a role in disasters this year, also including bushfires in Australia and floods in Africa
July 2020 millions of children affected by devastating floods in South Asia amid covid-19:
23 July 2020: Millions of children affected by devastating flooding in South Asia, with many more at risk as covid-19 brings further challenges
Drought in India:
Drought in India
2013:
2013 drought in Maharashtra
History of
Western Asia
Economy of Western Asia (Middle East):
Economy of Western Asia
(Middle East)
Environment of Western Asia by subject and country:
Environment of Western Asia by subject and country
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Natural history of Western Asia
Water in Western Asia by country:
Water in Western Asia by country
Asian society:
Asian society
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Asian society by country
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Social issues in Asia
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Labor relations in Asia
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Rural society in Asia
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Rural development in Asia
Since 15th century European imperialism in Asia
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European colonisation in Asia
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Direct and indirect consequences of colonialism and colonization
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USA
overseas expansion and territorial acquisitions in Oceania and Asia
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List of territories occupied by
Imperial Japan
since late 19th century
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History of slavery in Asia, still existing today
Decolonization
of Asia was the gradual growth of independence movements in Asia, leading ultimately to the retreat of foreign powers and the creation of a number of nation-states in the region
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Asian colonies from the 19th century to the end of World War II, list showing the colonial powers following the end of World War II in 1945, their colonial or administrative possessions, date of decolonization and timeline by country
Demographics
of Asia
by country
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List of Asian countries by population
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Ethnic groups
in Asia
Human rights, modern conflicts and social movements in Asia:
Human rights
in Asia by region and subject
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Modern conflicts in Asia
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Social class in Asia
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Racism in
Asia
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Discrimination in Asia by country
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Censorship in Asia
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Corruption in Asia by country
Violence
in Asia by country
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Terrorism in Asia by country
Women's rights
in Asia by country
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Gender in Asia by country
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Children's rights
and childhood in Asia by country
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Youth and youth rights in Asia by country
Freedom of expression
in Asia by country
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Freedom of speech in Asia by country
Social movements in Asia:
Social movements
in Asia
25 October 2020 fighting tyranny with milk tea young rebels joining forces in Asia:
25 October 2020: The language, the demands and the backdrop were different, but the protests across central Bangkok last week would have looked familiar to anyone who followed the mass demonstrations that roiled Hong Kong for a year from June 2019, as many young protesters dressed in black and wearing hard hats poured through the streets to locations announced at the last minute on social media, and as in recent months an unexpected solidarity has developed between young protesters and activists across Thailand, Taiwan and Hong Kong, at first online but increasingly now in protests on the streets, in law courts and in the corridors of power, against governments with a ruthless track record of crushing dissent
Education in Asia:
Education in Asia
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Education in Asia by country
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History of education in Asia by country
Schools in Asia:
Schools in Asia
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Schools in Asia by country
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Lists of schools in Asia by country
Universities and colleges in Asia:
Universities and colleges in Asia
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Universities and colleges in Asia by country
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Lists of universities and colleges in Asia
Health in Asia:
Health in Asia
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Health in Asia by country
Health disasters in Asia and by country:
Health disasters in Asia and by country
1855-1960 third plague pandemic:
Since 1855 third plague pandemic was a major bubonic plague pandemic that began in Yunnan, China in 1855 during the fifth year of the Xianfeng Emperor of the Qing dynasty, as this episode of bubonic plague spread to all inhabited continents, and ultimately led to more than 12 million deaths in India and China, with about 10 million killed in India alone, and as, according to the World Health Organization WHO, the pandemic was considered active until 1960, when worldwide casualties dropped to 200 per year
Since 20th century public health problems in the Aral Sea region:
Since 20th century public health problems in the Aral Sea region, after irrigation projects diverted water from the Aral Sea, beginning to dry up and leaving behind salts, other minerals, and toxins in the soil, not only contaminating the soil but also followed by winds and storms, affecting the local climate, travelling to other areas, including over crop lands, and leading to increased health problems like respiratory diseases and cancers, among others
2009 flu pandemic in Asia:
2009 flu pandemic in Asia, part of an epidemic of a new strain of influenza causing what has been commonly called swine flu, afflicted at least 394,133 people in Asia with 2,137 confirmed deaths, including 1,035 deaths confirmed in India, 737 deaths in China, 415 deaths in Turkey, 192 deaths in Thailand, and 170 deaths in South Korea, as among the Asian countries, South Korea had the most confirmed cases, followed by China, Hong Kong, and Thailand
2020 covid-19 coronavirus outbreak in Asia:
2020 covid-19 coronavirus outbreak in Asia, first documented in Wuhan, China, in 2019
Since January 2020 international socio-economic impact of Chinese coronavirus outbreak:
Since January 2020 international socio-economic impact of the 2019 Chinese coronavirus outbreak, by continent and country
11 March 2020 expanding clusters of the Chinese coronavirus worldwide were eyed warily as the outbreak upended daily life in Italy:
11 March 2020: Expanding clusters of the new coronavirus were eyed warily as the outbreak upended daily life in Italy and reshaped everything from the USA presidential race to Polish schools, Japanese Fukushima disaster anniversary, British interest rate's and politicians' future, Pope Francis’ travel
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Russian Putin's, Syrian Assad's
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and Iranian Ali Khamenei's wars
19 March 2020 Iran's coronavirus death toll rises to 1,284:
19 March 2020: Iran's Chinese coronavirus death toll rises to 1,284, as in the Mullah ruled country every 10 minutes one person dies from the coronavirus, says health official
20 March 2020 travel restrictions threaten Asian migrant labourers:
20 March 2020: Travel restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of Chinese coronavirus, which has infected more than 245,000 people globally and killed more than 10,000, threaten to leave millions of South Asian migrant labourers without work
21 March 2020 coronavirus threat spreading:
21 March 2020: Singapore reports first two fatalities, as deaths jump in Spain and Italy
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as South Korea raises concerns over ‘imported cases', and as coronavirus cases climb across Asia Pacific
23 March 2020 Philippines isolates hundreds of health workers as coronavirus cases rise in south-east Asia:
23 March 2020: Philippines isolates hundreds of health workers as coronavirus cases rise in south-east Asia
Healthcare and hospitals in Asia:
Healthcare and hospitals in Asia
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Hospitals in Asia by country
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Lists of hospitals in Asia by country
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Medical and health organizations based in Asia
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Medical and health organizations based in Asia by country
Environment of Asia
by country
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Natural history of Asia by subject, region and country
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Climate of Asia
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Climate of Asia by subject and country
Ecoregions
of Asia by country
Environmental issues
in
China
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in
India
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in
Indonesia
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in
Iran
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in
Japan
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in
Malaysia
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in
Pakistan
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in
Thailand
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in
Vietnam
Air pollution
in
China
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Asian Dust, a meteorological phenomenon which affects much of East Asia year round but especially during the spring months
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Air pollution in
Hong Kong
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Air pollution in
India
is estimated to kill 1.5 million people every year, it is the fifth largest killer in India and the country has the world's highest death rate from chronic respiratory diseases and asthma, according to the WHO
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Indian Ocean brown cloud or Asian brown cloud is a layer of air pollution that recurrently covers parts of South Asia, namely the northern Indian Ocean, India, and Pakistan, created by a range of airborne particles and pollutants from combustion (e.g., woodfires, cars, and factories), biomass burning and industrial processes with incomplete burning
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The air quality in Delhi, the capital of India, according to a WHO survey of 1600 world cities, is the worst of any major city in the world
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Air pollution in
Indonesia
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Since 1972 Southeast Asian haze
, a fire-related large-scale air pollution, causing adverse health and economic impact on Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and to a lesser degree, the Philippines and Thailand
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2016 Southeast Asian haze
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Air pollution in
Malaysia
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Air pollution in
Taiwan
Deforestation in Asia
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Forestry
in Asia by country
Water supply and sanitation
by country
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Water pollution
by country
Waste
by country
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Electronic waste
in Asia
Natural disasters in Asia
by country
Earthquakes in Asia
by region and country
Tropical cyclones
in Asia by country
Pacific typhoon seasons:
Pacific typhoon seasons
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Lists of Pacific typhoon seasons since the Middle Ages
November 2020 typhoon Vamco:
November 2020 typhoon Vamco, the twenty-second named storm and tenth typhoon of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season
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13 November 2020: Typhoon Vamco hits the Philippines
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killing several people and unleashing some of the worst flooding in years in the Philippines’ capital city of Manila
South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons:
South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons:
North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
Floods in Asia
by country
2011 Southeast Asian floods:
2011 Southeast Asian floods
2013 Southeast Asian floods:
2013 Southeast Asian floods
2018 Southeast Asian floods:
2 août 2018: Les fortes pluies qui s'abattent actuellement sur les pays du bassin du Mékong menacent des milliers d'habitations
July 2019 South Asia floods:
July 2019 South Asia floods, as monsoonal downpours caused widespread flooding and landslides across Bangladesh, China, India, and Nepal
July 2020 millions of children affected by devastating floods in South Asia amid covid-19:
23 July 2020: Millions of children affected by devastating flooding in South Asia, with many more at risk as covid-19 brings further challenges
Effects of global warming
on South Asia
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Monsoon of South Asia
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Monsoon
Heat waves in Asia
Droughts in Asia
Since 18th century:
Since 18th century droughts in India
and Pakistan
2010:
2010 China drought and dust storms
2010–2011:
2010–2011 China drought
2013:
2013 drought in Maharashtra
2015:
2015 drought in Korea
2016–2017:
2016–2017 Drought in Tamil Nadu
Weather events in Asia
by country
2009–2010:
Winter storms of 2009–2010 in East Asia
Trade unions in Asia
by country
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List of federations of trade unions in Asia
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ITUC Regional Organisation for Asia and Pacific is a regional organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation representing trade unions from countries in Asia and Oceania, having 40 affiliated organisations in 28 countries
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South Asian Regional Trade Union Council
International organizations of Asia
Since 1967/2008:
Since 1967/2008
Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN
, a regional intergovernmental organisation comprising ten Southeast Asian states promoting intergovernmental cooperation and facilitating economic, political, military, educational and cultural integration amongst its members and Asian states
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List of cities in ASEAN by population
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ASEAN–China Free Trade Area
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ASEAN–India Free Trade Area
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ASEAN–European Union relations
2009/2012:
2009/2012 - the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN established the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights to promote human rights in the ten ASEAN countries
June 2013:
ASEAN
Parliamentarians for Human Rights
since June 2013, founded with the objective of promoting democracy and human rights in all ASEAN states
August 2018:
24 August 2018: More than 130 lawmakers from across Southeast Asia today demanded the international community bring officials in Myanmar to justice and before International Criminal Court for atrocity crimes committed against the Rohingya population of Rakhine State
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24 August 2018: APHR board member and Indonesian MP Eva Kusuma Sundari says it is time that Asean countries 'set aside their destructive non-interference policy and take genuine action', adding 'we cannot allow these atrocities to take place in one of our member countries with complete impunity'
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27 August 2018: A UN report, based on a fact-finding mission, has accused Myanmar’s military of genocide against the Rohingya, and alleged that the army was responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity against minorities across the country
Since 1989:
Since 1989
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC
forum for 21 Pacific Rim member economies, that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region, in response to the growing interdependence of Asia-Pacific economies and the advent of regional trade blocs in other parts of the world
November 2017:
APEC Vietnam 2017, the year-long hosting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Vietnam, which will culminate with the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Ðà Nang 11/12 November 2017
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19 August 2017: APEC anti-corruption authorities and law-enforcement agencies vow to strengthen corruption fight
Since 1994:
Since 1994
Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia PEMSEA
, a regional partnership programme implemented by the United Nations Development Programme UNDP and executed by the United Nations Office for Project Services UNOPS
Since 2005:
Since 2005
APEC Climate Center
, governmental institution that conducts research in climate prediction, analysis and climate change application areas
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APEC Climate Symposiums by year since 2006
Since 2016:
Since 2016
Asia Council
to serve as a continent wide forum to address Asia’s key challenges and foster cooperation among countries of Asia
Afghanistan
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Geography of Afghanistan
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Provinces of Afghanistan
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Demography of Afghanistan
History of Afghanistan
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Pre-Islamic period of Afghanistan
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Invasions of Afghanistan
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Islamic conquest of Afghanistan
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First Anglo-Afghan War 1839-1842
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Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-1880
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Third Anglo-Afghan War 1919
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Saur Revolution April 1978
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Soviet war in Afghanistan 1979-1989
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Civil war in Afghanistan 1989–1992 and collapse of the Najibullah government
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Civil war in Afghanistan 1992–1996 leads to the Taliban controlling most of Afghanistan
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Taliban and
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan 1996-2001
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USA cruise missile strikes on Afghanistan August 1998
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Civil war in Afghanistan 1996–2001 Taliban period
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War in Afghanistan 2001–present - USA, UK and ISAF invasion following the 2001 September 11 attacks
Economy of Afghanistan:
Economy of Afghanistan
- main industries include natural gas, coal, copper, cement, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, apparel, food-products, non-alcoholic beverages, mineral water, small-scale production of textiles, handwoven carpets, soap - in 2008 about 35% of Afghan population was unemployed, 36% lived below the national poverty line and suffered from shortages of housing, clean drinking water, and electricity
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List of companies of Afghanistan
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Companies of Afghanistan by industry
Mining in Afghanistan:
Mining in Afghanistan
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Balkhab Copper Mine
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Shaida Copper Mine
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Mes Aynak mine
Coal mining in Afghanistan:
Coal mining
2013 coal mining accidents:
15 September 2013: Afghanistan's coal miners endure some of the most dangerous and primitive conditions in the world
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15 September 2013: At least 27 miners were killed and 20 others injured in a coal mine collapse
at the state-controlled Abkhorak mine in Ro-e-Dohab district
Energy in Afghanistan:
Energy in Afghanistan
, primarily provided by hydropower. as approximately 84.1% of Afghanistan's population has access to electricity, but some rural areas may not get 24-hour electricity
Renewable energy in Afghanistan:
Renewable energy in Afghanistan
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Hydropower in Afghanistan
Dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan:
List of dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan
Agriculture in Afghanistan:
Agriculture
in Afghanistan, represents 20% of the GDP - crops include wheat and other cereals, vegetables and fruits, especially pomegranates, apricots, grapes, melons, mulberries, nuts, livestock
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Women in agriculture in Afghanistan
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Agriculture companies of Afghanistan
Almond production in Afghanistan:
Almond production in Afghanistan
Pomegranate production in Afghanistan:
Pomegranate production in Afghanistan
Water in Afghanistan:
Water in Afghanistan
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Bodies of water of Afghanistan
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Rivers of Afghanistan
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List of rivers of Afghanistan
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List of dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan
Irrigation and water supply in Afghanistan:
Irrigation in Afghanistan
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Water supply in Afghanistan
2018 escalating water crisis:
11 July 2018: As Afghanistan’s water crisis escalates, more effective water governance could bolster regional stability
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10 October 2018: UN stated that water scarcity is a rising cause for displacement in Afghanistan, saying that the groundwater level has declined by 1.4 mm between 2004-2012, and that 22 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces are facing drought today, as there are 1.5 million Afghans, approximately 4% of the population, that are displaced and 448,000 were added in 2017 alone
July 2019 climate change significant obstacle for farmers:
10 July 2019: Climate change is a significant obstacle for farmers in the least developed countries like Afghanistan and adaptation support is exceptionally scarce
Opium production in Afghanistan and Taliban:
Opium production
in Afghanistan and
Taliban
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Illegal drug trade in Afghanistan
Since 1994 Taliban rule and rising opium crop:
Since 1994 and during the 1994-2001 Taliban rule, Afghanistan saw a bumper opium crop of 4,500 metric tons in 1999
2013 opium cultivation record high:
13 November 2013: Afghan opium cultivation has hit a record high, the UN says, and the expansion of poppy to 209,000 hectares will embarrass aid donors after more than 10 years of efforts against illicit economy
2016 rising opium cultivation:
23 octobre 2016: La culture d'opium en Afghanistan, premier producteur d'héroïne au monde, a atteint cette année son 3e niveau de production le plus élevé depuis 20 ans, selon l'ONU, qui estime que la surface cultivée a augmenté d'environ 10% par rapport à 2015
January 2018 heroin trade and USA-UK failure:
9 January 2018: The heroin trade explains the USA-UK failure in Afghanistan, as after 16 years and $1tn spent, there is no end to the fighting, but western intervention has resulted in Afghanistan becoming the world’s first true narco-state
April 2019:
25 April 2019: How the USA military's opium war in Afghanistan was lost
Forestry and deforestation in Afganistan:
Forestry
and
deforestation
in Afganistan
Transport in Afghanistan:
Transport
in Afghanistan
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Public transport in Afghanistan
Rail transport in Afghanistan:
Rail transport in Afghanistan
Road transport in Afghanistan:
Road transport in Afghanistan
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Road infrastructure in Afghanistan
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Roads in Afghanistan
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Bus transport in Afghanistan
Water transport in Afghanistan:
Water transport in Afghanistan
Aviation in Afghanistan:
Aviation in Afghanistan
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Airports in Afghanistan
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List of airports in Afghanistan
Tourism in Afghanistan:
Tourism
in Afghanistan
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Visitor attractions in Afghanistan
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List of protected areas and national parks of Afghanistan
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List of museums in Afghanistan
Foreign trade of Afghanistan:
Foreign trade
of Afghanistan
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Afghanistan Accession to World Trade Organization
Exports of Afghanistan:
List of exports of Afghanistan
2014/2015 negative trade balance of $5.65B:
In 2014 the GDP of Afghanistan was $20B, and Afghanistan exported $770M and imported $6.42B, resulting in a negative trade balance of $5.65B, as the top export destinations of Afghanistan are Pakistan ($373M), India ($242M), China ($21.3M), Iran and Turkey and the top import origins are Pakistan ($2.2B), China ($709M), Iran ($450M), India and Russia
Banking in Afghanistan:
Banks
of Afghanistan
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Afghanistan Bank is the central bank of Afghanistan
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Afghanistan International Bank
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New Kabul Bank
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First Microfinance Bank
2012 US$5 billion illegally transferred abroad:
28 November 2012: Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee published its report declaring that US$5 billion, including $400 million the Kabul Bank’s shareholders, were illegally transferred abroad
Economic history and business cycles in Afghanistan:
Economic history of Afghanistan
2011/2012 economic crisis:
9. September 2011: Nach jahrzehntelangen Kriegszerstörungen steht Afghanistan vor wirtschaftlichem Kollaps
July 2012 poorly managed infrastructure projects:
30 July 2012: Hundreds of millions of USA taxpayer dollars may have been wasted on poorly managed infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, a report to USA Congress says
Poverty and rural poverty in Afghanistan:
Poverty in Afghanistan
- with 36% of its population living below the poverty line, poverty in Afghanistan is most heavily concentrated in the rural areas, 90% of urban households have access to electricity, only 29% of rural households do, additionally, 58% of urban households have access to safe water, but only 19% of rural homes do
2010 9 million Afghans in absolute poverty:
31 March 2010: 9 million Afghans or 36% of the population 'are believed to live in absolute poverty and a further 37 percent live only slightly above the poverty line' despite about $35 billion of outside aid sent to the country between 2002 and 2009, and poverty actually kills more Afghans than those who die as a direct result of the armed conflict, according to UN report
2015:
1 October 2015: Economic growth during the pre-transition period of 2007-2008 to 2011-2012 in Afghanistan did not reduce poverty and contributed instead to widening inequality in the country, to reduce poverty, Afghanistan must focus on strengthening agriculture, investing in human development and managing and mitigating risks that increase poor people's vulnerability, according to
World Bank
2017:
8 février 2017: Un demi-million d'Afghans ont été déracinés par la guerre dans leur propre pays
Afghan Armed Forces:
Afghan Armed Forces
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Military history of Afghanistan
2014:
5 April 2014: More than 350,000 Afghan troops have been put on duty to thwart attacks on polling stations and voters in presidential election
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9 April: Afghanistan surprises with smooth and calm elections
Taxation in Afghanistan:
Taxation
in Afghanistan
Politics of Afghanistan:
Politics of Afghanistan
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Constitution of Afghanistan
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Afghan Supreme Court
Political parties in Afghanistan:
Political parties in Afghanistan
Politics and elections in Afghanistan:
Politics and elections
in Afghanistan
2009/2010 Afghan presidential and parliamentary election:
2009 Afghan presidential election
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Afghan parliamentary election September 2010
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Fraud allegations
August-October 2012:
4 August 2012: Afghan parliament votes to sack key ministers - security lapses and allegations of corruption
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5 August 2012: Karzai 'accepts' dismissal of key ministers
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7 August: Afghan defence minister to step down
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13 August: Afghan officials met with jailed Taliban leader in Pakistan
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31 October 2012: Next Afghan presidential election set for April 2014
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31 octobre 2012: Les talibans pourront se présenter à la présidentielle de 2014, selon le chef de la commission électorale afghane Manawi
September/October 2013:
16 September 2013: The independent election commission of Afghanistan began the candidate registration process for 2014 presidential election
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15 October 2013: Votes sell for about $5 in Afghanistan as presidential race begins
Feburary-April 2014:
2 February 2014: Two campaign team members murdered at start of democratic process to find successor to Hamid Karzai
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4 April 2014: Afghans fear violence ahead of historic election but analysts expect a heavy turnout despite fears
because voters actually feel like they have a choice after more than 12 years of war and lack of progress
April 2014 Afghan presidential election:
Afghan presidential election 5 April 2014
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6 April: Relief in Afghanistan after largely peaceful landmark election
and a massive turnout, including in some of the most dangerous areas of the country, of seven million out of 12 million eligible voters or about 58%
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13 April: First results show Ghani and Abdullah on course for runoff vote in Afghanistan polls
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24 April: Run-off in Afghanistan polls likely
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6 June: Presidential election candidate Abdullah walks free from armoured car hit by two suicide bombs which killed six others, including bodyguards
June 2014 Afghan presidential run-off election:
15 June: Despite a number of deadly militant attacks during the run-off election, more than seven million Afghans voted (a turnout of 60%) and a third of those who voted were women, Election Commission says
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18 June: Afghan presidential election thrown into question as Abdullah disputes vote counting
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23 June 2014: Chief election officer Ziaulhaq Amarkhil stands down after vote-rigging claims
July-August 2014:
9 July 2014: Despite preliminary results that put him behind Ashraf Ghani, Abdullah claims victory in Afghanistan's disputed election
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11 July: Karzai backs UN plan to check votes for fraud
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20 July: Afghan presidential vote audit halted over which ballots to throw out
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8 August: Afghanistan's presidential rivals reached a political agreement that would outline the terms of a power-sharing deal
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21 September 2014: Ashraf Ghani has been officially declared the new president of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah will become chief executive in a power-sharing deal to end months of political gridlock
September/October 2014 president Ashraf Ghani inaugurated:
29 September 2014: Incoming Afghan president Ashraf Ghani inaugurated following a long election campaign
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1 October: President Ashraf Ghani reopened an inquiry into the 2010 theft of almost $1 billion from Kabul Bank triggering a financial crisis, fulfilling a campaign promise to make fighting corruption a priority
December 2014 intensified Taliban attacks:
1 December: Facing intensified Taliban attacks, Afghan president Ashraf Ghani plans to fire senior civilian and military leaders in the country’s most volatile provinces
April/May 2017 Taliban attack on a military base:
24 April 2017: Afghan president Ashraf Ghani has accepted the resignations of his defence minister and army chief of staff, after more than 140 soldiers were killed last week in the deadliest Taliban attack on a military base
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19 May 2017: Afghanistan’s vice-president Abdul Rashid Dostum has not faced justice over allegations of kidnapping and torture, despite government’s promises, and now has left the country after a six-month standoff and flew to Turkey
June 2017 Kabul attack:
3 June 2017 Kabul attack
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3 June 2017: At least seven people have been killed and more than 119 wounded in three separate explosions at a high-profile funeral in Kabul for Salem Izidyar, the son of the senate deputy speaker and one of several protesters killed by Afghan police on Friday at a large demonstration calling for the resignation of the government, after the large truck bomb killed nearly 100 people on Wednesday
June 2017 Afghanistan holds peace conference:
6 June 2017: Afghanistan holds peace conference amid violence and protests, also calling on regional powers to help find a way to peace
February 2018 escalation of attacks:
28 February 2018: Ashraf Ghani’s ceasefire and recognition proposal after sharp escalation in attacks
April 2018:
1 April 2018: Afghanistan's election authorities set 20 October 2018 as the date for long-delayed legislative and district council elections
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18 avril 2018: Des hommes armés ont attaqué et incendié un centre d'inscription sur les registres électoraux pour les législatives d'octobre et enlevé au moins cinq personnes, selon les responsables locaux
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22 April 2018: Afghanistan's Wahid Majroh confirms that 31 people have been killed and 54 wounded in a suicide bombing that targeted a voter registration centre in Kabul's Dasht-e-Barchi, claimed by Islamic State terrorists
August 2018 cease fire declared by Ghani:
19 août 2018: Le président afghan Ashraf Ghani a déclaré un cessez-le-feu de trois mois avec les talibans, à condition que ceux-ci interrompent également les combats, après une récente poussée de violence dans le pays
September 2018:
30 September 2018: Violence took a heavy toll on Zakia Wardak’s family, fractured and diminished by long decades of war in Afghanistan, as the successful engineer, who virtually shuttered her business several years ago to focus on health and women’s rights, is now fighting for Afghan democracy
October 2018 Kandahar election postponed:
19 October 2018: Saturday’s parliamentary election in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar has been postponed for a week following the assassination of the local police chief in an attack, that also killed the provincial spy chief and wounded the governor and a regional army commander
October 2018 Afghan parliamentary election and terror attacks:
Afghan parliamentary election, scheduled to be held in Afghanistan on 20 October 2018
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20 octobre 2018: Les législatives en Afghanistan se tenaient dans le chaos samedi avec plusieurs explosions dans le pays, qui ont fait au moins 3 morts à Kaboul
December 2018 election results:
The parliamentary results were to be released within 20 days of the election, and the final results by 20 December 2018
May 2019 assassination of Mena Mangal:
11/12 May 2019: Afghan journalist and political adviser to the parliament's cultural affairs commission Mina Mangal
was shot dead in south-east Kabul in an attack by two unidentified men on a motorbike in broad daylight and in a public place, prompting an outpouring of grief and anger from women’s rights activists, directed at authorities who had left her unprotected in the face of threats
18 September 2019 Taliban death threats against students and education workers:
18 September 2019: Afghanistan's Taliban terrorist group on Wednesday warned teachers, students and other education workers to avoid the upcoming presidential vote or risk dying in attacks on election centres
22 September 2019 Ghani says election is vital:
22 September 2019: Violence and fraud overshadow Afghanistan poll as incumbent president says election is vital to give government a democratic mandate, after in last week alone, dozens were killed when the Taliban terrorists flattened a hospital in an attack in the south, and a USA drone strike hit a group harvesting pine nuts in the east
27/28 September 2019 courage for democracy needed:
27 September 2019: After decades of war destroyed people's lives, holding elections despite the violence is a reminder of Afghans' ability to withstand adversity, according to former director of the National Museum Masoudi, who once risked his life to protect the country's prized artefacts against Taliban terrorists, now saying 'to risk one's life for a vote, proves a commitment towards democracy'
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28 September 2019: Afghans head to the polls amid fears that voter turnout would be badly hit by disorganized balloting and threats of violence by Taliban militants, who targeted polling stations in the country's north and south, causing dozens of casualties
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28 September 2019: The Taliban cut off Safiullah Safi's right forefinger for voting in 2014, but this inhuman crime did not stop the businessman from doing it again
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as more than 400 polling centres will remain closed in areas under Taliban control, hundreds more will be closed because of security concerns, as in other areas strong turnout indicated
September 2019 Afghan presidential election:
28 September 2019 Afghan presidential election, postponed from 20 April 2019 to September
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Candidates of the September 2019 Afghan presidential election
29 September 2019:
29 September 2019: Many Afghans braved the threat of militant attacks to vote in an election seen as a major test of the Western-backed government's ability to protect democracy against Taliban attempts to derail it, as preliminary results are not expected before October 19 and final results not until November 7
22 December 2019 Ashraf Ghani reelected:
22 décembre 2019: Les résultats préliminaires de l'élection présidentielle en Aghanistan désignent le président sortant Ashraf Ghani pour un nouveau mandat à la tête du pays
February 2020 Ghani declared winner of Afghan election:
18 February 2020: Ghani declared winner of Afghan election, gaining just over 50% of September votes, but Abdullah’s team reject results
9 March 2020 blasts in Afghanistan as presidential rivals hold oath ceremonies:
9 March 2020: Blasts have been reported in Kabul, as Afghanistan’s two leading presidential candidates held separate swearing-in ceremonies after both claimed to have won last year’s elections, and as incumbent Ashraf Ghani took his oath of office at the country’s presidential palace in Kabul in a ceremony on Monday attended by foreign diplomats
17 May 2020 power-sharing agreement:
17 May 2020: Afghan president Ashraf Ghani and political rival Abdullah have signed a power-sharing agreement
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as deal also hands top military post to Dostum, despite decades of scandal, longstanding accusations of human rights abuses including torturing rival, previously called a 'known killer' by Ghani, but still commanding one of the largest voting blocs
Social movements and protests in Afghanistan:
Protests in Afghanistan
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2012 Afghanistan Quran burning protest
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11 July 2012: Dozens of women, men and rights activists took to the streets of Kabul on Wednesday to protest over the recent public execution of an Afghan woman and to demand justice
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17 September: More than 1.000 people in the Afghan capital Kabul are taking part in an angry demonstration against the US-film mocking Islam
2015:
23 March 2015: Family of Afghan woman Farkhunda, killed by a mob triggered by a mullah in front of Kabul’s Shah-Do Shamshira mosque where she worked as a religious teacher and urged by Kabul police chief 'You have to confirm' that Farkhunda was mentally ill, take comfort from tide of outrage
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24 March: Afghan protesters demand justice for Farkhunda killed by mob
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17 June 2015: At the Afghanistan launch of HeForShe UN campaign for gender equality, a group of Afghan men in Kabul took the very rare step of calling on their male compatriots to take a stand for women’s rights
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9 August 2015: Hundreds of civil society activists and residents of Kabul have gathered over the weekend near the site of a truck bomb attack which killed at least 15 people and wounded over 200 others to remember victims of attacks and to protest against support for terrorists
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11 November 2015: Thousands of people have marched in Kabul, carrying coffins of seven Hazaras, killed by Islamist militants, and pictures of the victims including two women and one child, 'held hostage for months'
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also protesting against insecurity and the government's inaction
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25 November 2015: A string of vicious murders this year has led to a public furore and protests, energising the national women’s rights movement in Afghanistan
2016:
16 May 2016: Thousands of demonstrators from Afghanistan's Hazara minority marched in protest through Kabul saying that they are missing out on a multi-million dollar power transmission line
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5 novembre 2016: Après au moins 30 civils ont péri dans des raids aériens des Etats-Unis, des manifestations ont éclaté à Kunduz et des dizaines de proches des victimes se sont rassemblés devant les bureaux du gouverneur, transportant des corps d'enfants tués
June 2017:
2 June 2017: At least four Afghans have been killed including Salem Izidyar, as police fired live rounds to disperse protesters calling for president Ashraf Ghani to step down and chanting 'death to the Taliban' after devastating Kabul truck bombing, which killed at least 90 people and injured more than 460
January 2018:
4 January 2018: Kabul protest hit by deadly bomb attack, killing at least 11 people and wounding 25 others
20 September 2019 climate change protest despite Taliban threats:
20 September 2019: Afghan protesters risked a march down the centre of Kabul Friday despite nearly daily attacks by Russian and Iranian backed terrorists, in order to participate in the global movement against climate change, as health ministry says as many as 3,000 people die of pollution-induced illnesses in Kabul annually
9 May 2020 gunfire kills 6 at Afghan protest calling for economic aid:
9 May 2020: After protesters had gathered outside the governor's office in Feroz Koh, a shootout erupted at protest by residents demanding economic assistance
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leading to the deaths of at least six people, including a local reporter and two police officers
Society, demographics, culture and human rights in Afghanistan:
Afghan society
Provinces and districts of Afghanistan:
34
Provinces
of Afghanistan
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398
Districts
of Afghanistan (in 2005), list by province
Cities in Afghanistan:
List of
cities
in Afghanistan
Kabul city:
Kabul city
, the capital of Afghanistan and its largest city, located in the eastern section of the country, is also a municipality, forming part of the greater Kabul Province with a population of 4.635 million inhabitants in 2015 including all the major ethnic groups
Economy and infrastructure of Kabul:
Economy and infrastructure of Kabul
Timeline of Kabul:
Timeline of Kabul since 1500–1200 B.C.
Circa 5th century CE Bala Hissar (fortress) built:
Bala Hissar ancient fortress located in the south of the old city of Kabul, as the estimated date of construction is around the 5th century AD, and as Bala Hissar sits to the south of the modern city centre at the tail end of the Kuh-e-Sherdarwaza Mountain
Since 7th century Muslim conquests of Afghanistan and Kabul:
Since 7th century Muslim conquests of Afghanistan and Kabul
Kabul in the 20th century:
Kabul in the 20th century
Kabul in the 21st century and terrorist attacks:
Kabul in the 21st century and terrorist attacks in Kabul since 2008
2 November 2020 at least 19 people dead after gunmen storm Kabul University:
2 November 2020 Kabul University attack
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2 November 2020: Gunmen have stormed Kabul University as it was hosting a book fair attended by the Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan, leading to a gun battle lasting several hours and leaving at least 19 people dead and 22 wounded
21 November 2020 three citizens die in rocket attacks on Afghan capital:
21 November 2020: Three citizens die in rocket attacks on Afghan capital, as explosions come ahead of separate scheduled meetings between Mike Pompeo, Taliban and Afghan government officials in Doha
12 December 2020 deadly rocket attack on Kabul:
12 décembre 2020: Un civil a été tué et deux autres blessés dans les tirs de dix roquettes à Kaboul samedi matin, selon le ministère de l’Intérieur, la deuxième attaque de ce genre dans la capitale afghane en moins d’un mois
Kandahar city:
Kandahar city
, the second-largest city in Afghanistan with a population of about 557,118 inhabitants, is one of the most culturally significant cities of the Pashtuns and is a major trading center for sheep, wool, cotton, silk, felt, food grains, fresh and dried fruit, and tobacco
Demographics 0f Afghanistan:
Demographics
of Afghanistan - the population of Afghanistan was estimated in 2017 at 29.2 million, 15 million males and 14.2 million females, about 22% of them are urbanite and the remaining 78% live in rural areas, an additional 3 million or so Afghans are temporarily housed in neighboring Pakistan and Iran
Ethnic groups in Afghanistan:
Ethnic groups in Afghanistan
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including Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Aimak, Turkmen, Baloch, Pashai, Nuristani, Gujjar, Arab, Brahui, Pamiri and some others
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Ethnic groups in Afghanistan by province
Pashtuns:
Pashtuns, an ethnic group who mainly live in Pakistan and Afghanistan, speaking the Pashto language and estimated to number around 50 million globally
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Pashtun tribes are the tribes of the Pashtun people, a large Eastern Iranian ethnic group who use the Pashto language and follow Pashtunwali code of conduct, found primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan and form the world's largest tribal society, comprising over 49 million people and between 350 and 400 tribes and clans, traditionally belonging to four tribal confederacies
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Pashtunistan, meaning the 'land of Pashtuns', is the geographic historical region inhabited by the indigenous Pashtun people of modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan, wherein Pashtun culture, language, and national identity have been based
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Pashtun culture
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Pashtun clothing
Tajik:
Tajik, the second largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and a general designation for a wide range of native Persian-speaking people with current traditional homelands in present-day Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan
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Tajik language - in Afghanistan, where Tajik people make up a large part of the population, this language is less influenced by Turkic languages, is called Dari, and has co-official language status
Hazaras:
Hazaras, the third largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and an ethnic group native to the region of Hazarajat in central Afghanistan, speaking the Hazaragi variant of Dari, itself an eastern variety of Persian and one of the two official languages of Afghanistan - in the neighboring Pakistan Hazaras make up a significant minority group with a population of over 650,000–900,000 people largely living in the region of Quetta
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Hazara tribes
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Hazaragi dialect
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Hazaragi culture
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The persecution of Hazara people refers to the discrimination of the Hazaras, who are primarily from the central highland region of Hazarajat in Afghanistan, dating back to the 16th century
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Hazara people have established a large diaspora which consists of many communities in different countries around the world as part of the later Afghan diaspora
Uzbeks:
Uzbeks, a Turkic ethnic group and the largest Turkic ethnic group in Central Asia, comprising the majority population of Uzbekistan but are also found as a minority group in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Russia and China
Afghan diaspora:
Afghan diaspora
, citizens of Afghanistan who have immigrated to other countries, or people of Afghan origin who are born outside Afghanistan, traditionally the borders between Afghanistan and its southern and eastern neighbouring countries have been fluid and vagueand like other nations that were created by European empires
Culture and languages in Afghanistan:
Culture of Afghanistan
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Languages of Afghanistan
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Music of Afghanistan
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20 January 2013: Afghanistan's Institute of Music helps revitalise a ruined culture and gives children a chance to transform their lives
Women and women's rights in Afghanistan:
Women
in Afghanistan
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Women's rights
in Afghanistan
2012:
Human Rights Watch report 28 March 2012: Imprisonment of Afghan women and girls for flight from unlawful forced marriage or domestic violence
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17. April: Laut Behördenberichten haben islamische Extremisten und Gegner von Mädchenschule 150 Mädchen an einer weiterführenden Schule mit kontaminiertem Wasser vergiftet und einige schwer verletzt
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5 July: Woman, children beheaded in Afghan 'dishonour killing'
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8 July: Taliban publicly execute woman accused of adultery in front of a crowd near Kabul
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11 July: Dozens of women, men and rights activists took to the streets of Kabul on Wednesday to protest over the recent public execution of an Afghan woman and to demand justice
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13 July: Female Afghan politician Hanifa Safi killed in a bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan
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24 July: Afghan cleric charged with raping 10-year-old schoolgirl
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HRW 18 September: Free Women Jailed for ‘Running Away’
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30 September: Violence stalks women workers in Afghanistan
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10 December: Afghan women's affairs official in Laghman province Nadia Sidiqi, just months after her predecessor was blown up by a bomb, shot dead by suspected Taliban
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11 December 2012: Afghan women victims of violence are still being failed by the justice system, according to a new UN report
2013:
23 January 2013: After her daughter Khatera was threatened and then murdered, Anisa Azam sued the Afghan police for failing to do their job
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18 May: Afghanistan's parliament failed to pass a law on Saturday banning violence against women
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24 May: Women on Afghan frontlines to fight Taliban
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25 juin: Huit femmes et un enfant d'une même famille ont été tués par une bombe dans la province de Kandahar, alors qu'ils se rendaient à une cérémonie de fiançailles
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4 July: Afghan women's rights activists react with alarm after court reverses conviction in torture of young woman
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4 July: Helmand's top female police officer and mother of three Islam Bibi was killed on her way to work, after receiving death threats from Taliban and even from her family
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14 juillet 2013: À l'école de Dah Yaya des filles apprennent à dire 'non' aux choix qui leur sont imposés
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20 July: One of President Karzai's main religious advisers will not overturn a decree issued by clerics in the north reimposing Taliban-style curbs on women
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13 August: Taliban kidnapped female MP Fariba Ahmadi Kakar who was travelling by car through Afghanistan's central Ghazni province with her children
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5/6 Septembe: Suspected Taliban militants shot dead the Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, married to Afghan businessman Jaanbaz Khan in the Paktika province, running a health clinic
and writer of a popular book about her dramatic escape from the Taliban in the 90s, saying 'The way I fought against Taliban, every woman should too'
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16 September: Gunmen shot the top female police officer Negar in Helmand province
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17 September: An unpublished UN report on female police officers in Afghanistan found accounts of pervasive sexual assault and harassment by their male colleagues
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10 December: Police rescue woman from Taliban stoning to death
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19 December: Alarm rises for Afghan women prisoners after Western troops leave
2014:
4 January: Violent crime against women in Afghanistan hit record levels and became increasingly brutal in 2013, the head of its human rights commission Sima Samar says
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8 March: Herat marks International Women’s Day by launching the first Herat International Women’s Film Festival
2015:
16 February: Popular female politician Angiza Shinwari in east Afghanistan died in hospital following a bomb attack on her vehicle
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23 March 2015: Afghani woman beaten to death by mob was falsely accused of burning Quran
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23 March 2015: Family of Afghan woman Farkhunda, killed by a mob triggered by a mullah in front of Kabul’s Shah-Do Shamshira mosque where she worked as a religious teacher and urged by Kabul police chief 'You have to confirm' that Farkhunda was mentally ill, take comfort from tide of outrage
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6 May 2015: Afghan judge sentences four to death over mob killing of Afghan woman Farkhunda
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3 November 2015: A video has emerged of an Afghan woman, married against her will and stoned to death in Ghalmeen
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28 décembre 2015: Une bénévole travaillant pour une campagne d'éradication de la poliomyélite en Afghanistan a été abattue par deux inconnus circulant à moto, et sa petite-fille a été blessée dans l'agression
April 2019:
18 April 2019: Amid an increase of violent punishments given to those violating its strict interpretation of religious law, one of four women who was recently subjected to a brutal public lashing by armed Taliban fighters in Afghanistan has spoken about her experience, after she was rounded up by the Taliban’s shadow police for being out of her house without her husband, not being fully veiled and was beaten so badly she lost consciousness
May 2019 terrorism against women:
8 May 2019: The Taliban have killed at least five people in a suicide attack on the offices of a USA aid group in the heart of the Afghan capital, claiming it targeted 'Counterpart International' because it promoted women 'mixing' with men
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11 May 2019: Afghan journalist and political adviser Mena Mangal was shot dead in south-east Kabul in an attack in broad daylight and in a public place, prompting an outpouring of grief and anger from women’s rights activists, directed at authorities who had left her unprotected in the face of threats
May 2020 terrorist attack on a maternity hospital in Kabul:
13 May 2020: Afghan officials raised the death from the terrorist attack on a maternity hospital in Kabul's Dashti Barchi the previous day, saying that 24 people were killed, including two newborn babies, their mothers and an unspecified number of nurses
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19 May 2020: Nineteen-year-old Soraya Ameri had just given birth when gunmen stormed the ward, later recounting her escape and the desperate search for her daughter
21 July 2020 in self defense Afghan girl shot dead three Taliban assailants:
21 July 2020: In self defense Afghan girl shot dead three Taliban fighters after they killed her parents because they supported the government, according to local officials saying the incident happened last week when a group of 40 assailants stormed the village of Geriveh, in central Ghor province, where 16-year-old Qamar Gul was living with her parents and brother
16 August 2020 female Afghan peace negotiator Fawzia Koofi wounded in assassination bid:
16 August 2020: Women’s rights activist Fawzia Koofi, a member of the team negotiating a deal with the Taliban, wounded in an assassination attempt, while returning from a visit to the northern province of Parwan
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where she began her political career since 2001, working with Unicef to protect children from violence, exploitation and abuse
10 December 2020 gunmen killed TV journalist and rights activist Malalai Maiwand in Jalalabad:
10 December 2020: Gunmen have shot and killed TV journalist and women’s rights activist Malalai Maiwand in Afghanistan along with her driver Mohammad Tahir in Jalalabad, in an incident that underscored increasing violence against journalists in the country
24 December 2020 female Afghan colonel who survived the Taliban's assassins says 'I am not afraid to fight’:
24 December 2020: Saba Sahar, who returned fire while protecting her daughter, survived one of a wave of recent Taliban's assassination attempts that have killed six policewomen
Children in Afghanistan:
Childhood in Afghanistan
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Child marriage in Afghanistan - according to Unicef, 57% of girls in Afghanistan are married before they are 19, in fact the most common ages for girls to get married are 15 and 16
2012/2013:
10 February 2012: Hamid Karzai accuses NATO on Thursday of killing eight children in a coalition airstrike in eastern Afghanistan
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31 August 2012: The decapitated bodies of a 7-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy found in the country's south and east
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6 September 2012: Third of children in Afghan south acutely malnourished
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10 June 2013: Taliban fighters beheaded two boys aged 10 and 16 as a warning to villagers not to cooperate with the Afghan government
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19 July: A bomb killed five young children and a woman when it exploded after being made at the home of a Taliban commander in eastern Afghanistan
2014 Afghan girls refuse to become Taliban suicide bomber:
8 January 2014: 10-year-old Afghan girl Spozhmai who says her brother sought to use her as a suicide bomber is asking President Karzai to find her a new home
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13 January: Afghan girl Spozhmai told journalists how her family forced her to attack a police checkpoint with a suicide vest
February 2016 10-year-old Wasil Ahmad murdered:
3 February 2016: 10-year-old Afghan Wasil Ahmad, who fought the Taliban alongside his uncle on many occasions, has been shot dead by insurgents near his home in Tirin Kot, capital of the southern Uruzgan province, while on his way to school
February 2017 923 children killed in 2016:
6 February 2017: 923 children killed and 2,589 injured in Afghanistan in 2016, as Isis expands operations
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according to the UN, which has documented 11,418 civilian casualties, including 3,498 deaths
September 2018 murdered children in blasts:
22 September 2018: At least eight children killed and six more wounded in blast in Shirin Tagab district in northern Faryab province, Afghan official says
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23 septembre 2018: Huit enfants, dont quatre de la même famille, ont été tués dans le nord-ouest de l'Afghanistan quand l'obus de mortier avec lequel ils jouaient a explosé
August 2019:
12 August 2019: Children across Afghanistan continue to live on the frontlines, and sometimes get caught in the middle of it all, saying 'I know how to use a gun', as UN recorded 927 child deaths and 2,135 injuries in 2018 and in the first half of 2019 327 killed children and 880 wounded
November 2019 mine explosion:
2 November 2019: 9 Afghan children were killed on Saturday when a mine exploded as they walked to school, police said, happening in the northeastern province of Takhar, where 'the Taliban have planted anti-personnel mines'
Education in Afghanistan:
Education
in Afghanistan
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Category: Education in Afghanistan
Schools in Afghanistan:
List of schools in Afghanistan
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List of schools in Kabul
October 2012 rising number of girls in schools:
16 October 2012: The number of girls enrolled in education in 2010 was 79%, up from 4% in 1999 during Taliban rule, Unesco says
October 2020 an estimated 3.7 million school-aged children are still out of school:
8 October 2020: Nearly half of war-torn Afghanistan’s 18,000 schools lack proper buildings and an estimated 3.7 million school-aged children are still out of school despite massive investment in the country’s education sector, the World Bank says
Universities and colleges in Afghanistan:
Universities and colleges in Afghanistan
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List of universities in Afghanistan
October 2019 Ghazni university bombing:
8 October 2019: A bomb has gone off inside a classroom in eastern Ghazni province, wounding at least 19 university students according to an Afghan official, saying 12 of the wounded are female students of the Ghazni University, adding that two of the wounded are in critical condition
2 November 2020 at least 19 people dead after gunmen storm Kabul University:
2 November 2020 Kabul University attack
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2 November 2020: Gunmen have stormed Kabul University as it was hosting a book fair attended by the Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan, leading to a gun battle lasting several hours and leaving at least 19 people dead and 22 wounded
14 November 2020 Kabul University attack linked with Taliban:
14 novembre 2020: L’insurgé qui avait planifié l’assaut contre l’université de la capitale afghane le 2 novembre, recruté par un groupe lié aux talibans, a été interpellé
Health in Afghanistan:
Health
in Afghanistan
2014 Afghanistan's public health issues and concerns according to WHO:
WHO 2014: Afghanistan's public health issues and concerns
October 2015 bombing of hospital:
3 October 2015 bombing of Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Kunduz
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5 October 2015: After the USA air attack on the MSF hospital in Kunduz killed 22 people, 'no young Afghan doctor is going to risk their life and travel to the provinces to work'
May 2019 health chief tortured by Taliban:
23 May 2019: Afghan public health chief Dr Mohammad Haqmal, who developed groundbreaking health initiatives in Aghanistan, granted refugee status and settles in UK after being kidnapped and tortured by the Taliban
Medical outbreaks and disasters in Afghanistan:
Medical outbreaks in Afghanistan
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Disasters in Afghanistan
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Man-made disasters in Afghanistan
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Wars involving Afghanistan
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Terrorism in Afghanistan
Since February 2020 Chinese coronavirus pandemic in Afghanistan:
Since February 2020 Chinese coronavirus pandemic in Afghanistan
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Timeline of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Afghanistan since February
31 March 2020 196 confirmed COVID-19 cases and four victims:
31 March 2020: 196 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Afghanistan, as 4 people have died of the coronavirus so far and five others have recovered
1 April 2020 coronavirus cases increase, shortages and panic buying:
1 April 2020: As coronavirus cases have shot up in Afghanistan in the last few days, approaching 200, country has been hit by a spike in prices of essential goods including food and medicines, and shortages and panic buying increase in the face of a rising coronavirus threat, limited ability to test and health official's fear that the situation is more serious than it seems
2 May 2020 amid covid-19 watchdog warns of impending health disaster:
2 May 2020: In a country already beset by huge problems as watchdog warns of impending health disaster, after the main hospital in southern Afghanistan's Zabul was abandoned following a Taliban attack last September, destroying most of the building and killing nearly 40 people, desperate medics reveal the challenge of fighting covid-19
Healthcare in Afghanistan:
Healthcare
in Afghanistan
2014 Afghanistan's public health issues and concerns according to WHO:
WHO 2014: Afghanistan's public health issues and concerns
February 2014 medical care severely limited:
25 February 2014: Despite years of aid, medical care in Afghanistan remains severely limited as casualty rates from violence climb, according to MSF report
October 2015 bombing of Kunduz hospital:
3 October 2015 bombing of Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Kunduz
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5 October 2015: After the USA air attack on the MSF hospital in Kunduz killed 22 people, 'no young Afghan doctor is going to risk their life and travel to the provinces to work'
May 2019 health chief kidnap by Taliban:
23 May 2019: Afghan public health chief Dr Mohammad Haqmal, who developed groundbreaking health initiatives in Aghanistan, granted refugee status and settles in UK after being kidnapped and tortured by the Taliban
2 May 2020 watchdog warns of impending health disaster amid covid-19:
2 May 2020: After the main hospital in southern Afghanistan's Zabul was abandoned following a Taliban attack last September, destroying most of the building and killing nearly 40 people, desperate medics reveal the challenge of fighting covid-19 in a country already beset by huge problems as watchdog warns of impending health disaster
12 May 2020 gunmen stormed a maternity hospital in Kabul:
12 May 2020: Gunmen stormed maternity Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in the western part of Kabul, setting off a shootout with the police and killing people as Afghan forces carried out newborn babies and their mothers to evacuate the facility under fire
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12 May 2020: Newborn babies among dead in attack on Kabul maternity hospital by gunmen also throwing grenades, as at least 13 killed and dozens evacuated
22 December 2020 5 civilians including 4 doctors killed in Kabul bombing:
22 décembre 2020: Au moins cinq personnes, dont quatre médecins travaillant dans une prison où sont détenus des centaines de talibans, ont été tués mardi à Kaboul dans l’explosion d’une bombe placée sous leur voiture, selon la police
Media of Afghanistan:
Media of Afghanistan
2014:
21 March 2014: Afghan journalists boycott Taliban coverage following the assault on Kabul’s Serena Hotel killing nine civilians, including a local journalist, his wife and two young children
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23 March 2014: Hundreds of journalists and international media organisations are enforcing a voluntary ban on broadcasting Taliban attacks, after Taliban murdered nine innocent civilians including five and three-year-old children in Kabul
Newspapers in Afghanistan:
Newspapers in Afghanistan
Internet in Afghanistan:
Internet in Afghanistan
Broadcasting in Afghanistan:
Radio stations in Afghanistan
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Television in Afghanistan
November 2017 TV station attack:
7 November 2017: Gunmen have attacked a private television station in Kabul after breaking into the building following an explosion following series of recent attacks by the Taliban and Isis in Afghan capital
31 May 2020 Islamic State bombing attack targeting Khurshid TV:
31 mai 2020: Deux employés d'une télévision afghane tués par une bombe, revendiquée par le groupe État Islamique qui a frappé un minibus transportant 15 employés de Khurshid TV
Since 2001 list of killed journalists in Afghanistan:
List of journalists killed during the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
January-April 2014 murdered journalists:
24 January 2014: Journalist Noor Ahmed Noori, working for radio station in Afghanistan, found burned and mutilated inside a bag in Helmand province
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On 11 March 2014 Swedish journalist Nils Horner shot dead in a street in Kabul in execution-style
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11 March 2014: Swedish journalist Nils Horner, who also had British citizenship, was shot to death on Tuesday while he was talking to a translator on a street in Kabul
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12 March 2014: Taliban splinter group says it killed British-Swedish reporter Nils Horner
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21 March 2014: Afghan journalists boycott Taliban coverage after Kabul hotel attack kills reporter Sardar Ahmad and children
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4 April 2014: A gunman in Afghan police uniform shot two foreign journalists in eastern Khost province killing photographer Anja Niedringhaus and injuring reporter Kathy Gannon
April 2018 ten journalists killed in Kabul:
30 April 2018: Ten journalists among 36 killed in Afghanistan attacks, as nine journalists killed while reporting on first of twin blasts in Kabul
May 2019 assassination of Mena Mangal:
11/12 May 2019: Afghan journalist and political adviser to the parliament's cultural affairs commission Mina Mangal
was shot dead in south-east Kabul in an attack by two unidentified men on a motorbike in broad daylight and in a public place, prompting an outpouring of grief and anger from women’s rights activists, directed at authorities who had left her unprotected in the face of threats
10 December 2020 gunmen killed TV journalist and rights activist Malalai Maiwand in Jalalabad:
10 December 2020: Gunmen have shot and killed TV journalist and women’s rights activist Malalai Maiwand in Afghanistan along with her driver Mohammad Tahir in Jalalabad, in an incident that underscored increasing violence against journalists in the country
1 January 2021 journalist dies in Afghanistan as targeted killings continue:
1 January 2021: Afghan journalist and human rights activist Bismillah Adil Aimaq has been shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in western Afghanistan near Ghor's provincial capital of Feroz Koh, returning home to the city after visiting his family, the fifth journalist to be killed in the war-ravaged country in the past two months, a provincial spokesman said, as violence increases amid stalled Taliban peace talks
Human Rights in Afghanistan:
Human rights in Afghanistan
March 2015:
3 March 2015: Rights group accuses high-ranking officials in Afghanistan of allowing extrajudicial killings and brutal practices to flourish after fall of Taliban
February 2019:
3 février 2019: Les Afghanes sont très inquiètes pour leurs droits et leur liberté après les accords de paix négociés avec les talibans et l'annonce d'un possible retrait des troupes de l'Otan, évoqué lors des pourparlers entre Etats-Unis et insurgés
Torture in Afghanistan:
Torture
in Afghanistan
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Bagram torture and prisoner abuse
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11 October 2011: UN finds 'systematic' torture in Afghanistan
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20 January 2013: The UN says torture in Afghan prisons continues to be widespread despite its recommendations in a similar report in 2011 - 'few investigations and no prosecutions for those responsible'
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1 June 2013: Britain must investigate torture in Iraq, Afghanistan, UN says
Religion and freedom of religion in Afghanistan:
Religion
in Afghanistan
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Islam in Afghanistan
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Buddhism in Afghanistan
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Freedom of religion in Afghanistan
2015:
23 March 2015: Afghani woman beaten to death by mob was falsely accused of burning Quran
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23 March 2015: Family of Afghan woman Farkhunda, killed by a mob triggered by a mullah in front of Kabul’s Shah-Do Shamshira mosque where she worked as a religious teacher and urged by Kabul police chief 'You have to confirm' that Farkhunda was mentally ill, take comfort from tide of outrage
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6 May 2015: Afghan judge sentences four to death over mob killing of Afghan woman Farkhunda
Ideology of Taliban:
Ideology of Taliban
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Taliban propaganda
Since 1994 mass murder in the name of 'Allah':
Terrorism in Afghanistan
Since 1994 Taliban violence against women:
Taliban treatment of women
April 2013 Taliban's punishment with amputations:
21 April 2013: Taliban punished two Afghans with amputations, police and one of the victims said
8 September 2019 Taliban threats:
8 September 2019: Taliban warns of more USA dead after Trump says he cancelled peace talks, asking 'what kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthen their bargaining position', following a rising number of Taliban terror attacks in 2019, killing many civilians and USA soldiers ahead of September presidential election
18 September 2019 Taliban death threats against democrats, students and education workers:
18 September 2019: Afghanistan's Taliban terrorist group on Wednesday warned teachers, students and other education workers to avoid the upcoming presidential vote or risk dying in attacks on election centres
2 March 2020 terrorist group Taliban ends truce and peace in Afghanistan:
2 mars 2020: Les talibans ont annoncé lundi mettre un terme à la trêve partielle instaurée le 22 février et reprendre leur offensive contre les forces de sécurité afghanes, un attentat a fait au moins trois morts et 11 blessés
Crime in Afghanistan:
Crime in Afghanistan
Terrorism and 21st-century mass murder in Afghanistan:
Terrorism
in Afghanistan
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21st-century mass murder in Afghanistan
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Terrorist incidents in Afghanistan by type
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Terrorist incidents in Afghanistan by year
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Terrorist incidents in Kabul
Victims of the Taliban:
Taliban
attacks
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Victims of the Taliban
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Mass murder in Afghanistan
'Islamic State' terrorist incidents in Afghanistan:
'Islamic State'
terrorist incidents in Afghanistan
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Mass murder in Afghanistan
2010/2011:
9 March 2011: The annual UN report on civilian casualties shows that more than two-thirds of the 2,777 civilians killed last year were the victims of insurgents, a 28% increase on 2009, and that by contrast Nato and Afghan government forces were responsible for killing 440
2014:
17 December 2014: A day after Pakistan Taliban attacked a school in Peshawar killing at least 141 people, Taliban storm New Kabul bank in Lashkar Gah in Helmand, killing at least 10 people
2017:
17 July 2017: Civilian deaths at record high in 16-year war, says UN, as the number of deaths of women and children grew especially fast, primarily due to the Taliban’s use of homemade bombs, which caused 40% of civilian casualties in the first six months of 2017
January 2018 Save the Children Jalalabad attack:
24 January 2018 Save the Children Jalalabad attack, claimed by Islamic State terrorists
January 2018 Kabul ambulance bombing:
27 January 2018 Kabul ambulance bombing claimed by the Taliban
February 2018 'competition' between Islamic State and Taliban terrorists:
6 February 2018: 'Competition' between the Islamic State terrorists and the Taliban terrorists (approximately 60,000 fighters) in Afghanistan
April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing:
22 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing
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22 April 2018: Afghan officials say 31 people have been killed and 54 wounded in a suicide bombing in Kabul that targeted a voter registration centre, claimed by Islamic State terrorists
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30 April 2018: Ten journalists among 36 killed in Afghanistan attacks, as nine journalists killed while reporting on first of twin blasts in Kabul
May 2018:
6 mai 2018: Au moins 12 personnes ont été tuées et 33 blessées dimanche par l'explosion d'une bombe dans un centre d'enregistrement pour les élections législatives dans la province de Khost
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7 May 2018: Afghan police foil suicide attack on Kabul blood drive for victims of recent attacks
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20 May 2018: Eight people reportedly killed and dozens more wounded by multiple explosions at a cricket match in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad
4 June 2018:
4 juin 2018: Un kamikaze a tué au moins 8 personnes lundi à Kaboul près d'un rassemblement d'imams pour la paix et contre le terrorisme
16 June 2018:
16 June 2018: At least 25 people have been killed in a suicide bombing claimed by 'Islamic State' terrorists in eastern Afghanistan, as elsewhere across the country jubilant scenes marked the first ceasefire between the Taliban and Afghan government in 17 years
2/3 July 2018:
3 July 2018: Islamic State terrorists on Monday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan that killed at least 19 people, mostly Sikhs and Hindus, targeting a delegation from the minority communities traveling for a meeting with president Ghani
22/23 July 2018:
23 juillet 2018: L'attentat suicide revendiqué par l'EI qui a visé à Kaboul Abdul Rashid Dostum, a fait au moins 23 morts et 107 blessés, parmi les victimes, le bureau de l'AFP à Kaboul pleure un de ses collaborateurs, le chauffeur Mohammad Akhtar, 31 ans, père de quatre enfants
28 July 2018:
28 juillet 2018: Une attaque a frappé un centre de formation pour sages-femmes à Jalalabad, faisant au moins trois blessés
August 2018:
15 August 2018 Kabul suicide bombing claimed by the 'Islamic State' terror group
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15 août 2018: Au moins 25 personnes ont été tuées et près de 35 personnes ont été blessées par une explosion près d'un centre éducatif dans un quartier chiite de l'ouest de Kaboul
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21 August 2018: The Taliban terror group fired a pair of rockets toward the presidential palace in Kabul as the Afghan president was delivering his holiday message for the Muslim celebrations, prompting a ferocious aerial response with helicopter gunships bombing the house from where the rockets were reportedly launched
,
after earlier this month, the Taliban launched a coordinated assault on Ghazni, killing at least 100 security forces and 35 civilians
September 2018:
5 September 2018: An hour after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a sports hall in a heavily Shia neighbourhood on Wednesday, a car packed with explosives detonated as journalists and security forces gathered at the scene, police said
2019 conflict and cooperation between Islamic State and Taliban terrorists:
7 January 2019: Intra-Jihadist conflict and cooperation -
Islamic State
–Khorasan Province and the
Taliban
in Afghanistan
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17 April 2019: Rivalries and power struggles - a portrait of the Islamic State in Khorasan
April 2019 Kabul attack:
20 April 2019: Afghan telecoms ministry hit by blast as attackers enter Kabul building
24 May 2019 Kabul mosque bombing:
24 May 2019 Kabul mosque bombing, killing at least four people and injuring nearly 20
1 July 2019 Taliban car bombing and mass shooting attack in Kabul:
1 July 2019 Taliban car bombing and mass shooting attack in Kabul, killing 40 civilians and injuring 116, including many schoolchildren
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1 July 2019: At least 50 children wounded in Taliban car bomb attack on Kabul
6/7 July 2019 Ghazni attack:
6 July 2019: An Islamic State group affiliate has claimed responsibility for a bombing in a Shi'ite mosque in central Afghanistan's Ghazni province that killed two people and injured 20 others, including eight children
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7 July 2019: As conference including Taliban starts in Doha, Taliban car bomb in central Afghanistan's Ghazni has killed at least eight members of the security forces and four civilians and wounded dozens, many of them students attending a nearby school
13 July 2019 Taliban attack:
13 July 2019: At least five people have been killed and 18 others injured in a Taliban attack on a hotel in western Afghanistan on Saturday, according to government and medical sources
19 July 2019 Kabul bombing attack:
19 juillet 2019: En pleine période d'examens, une bombe explose près de l'entrée d'une université à Kaboul, il y aurait 8 morts et des dizaines de blessés
25 July 2019 Kabul bombing attacks:
25 juillet 2019: Au moins dix personnes ont été tuées et plus de quarante autres ont été blessées jeudi matin à Kaboul où se sont produites trois explosions, une revendiquée par les talibans
28/29 July 2019:
29 July 2019: The death toll from the attack targeting Afghan president's running mate Amrullah Saleh's Kabul office, who was evacuated from the building, has climbed to at least 20 people, as about 50 other people were wounded in the attack against the Green Trend party headquarters in Kabul
31 July 2019 Taliban roadside bomb:
31 July 2019: A roadside bomb tore through a bus traveling on a main highway between the western city of Herat and the southern city of Kandahar, killing at least 32 people and wounding 15 with most in critical condition
,
according to Muhibullah Muhib, the spokesman for Farah province, saying that the bomb was freshly planted by the Taliban to target security forces, but the victims were civilians, mostly women and children
7 August 2019 Taliban car bomb:
7 August 2019 Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul
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7 August 2019: A car bomb exploding outside a police station in the Afghan capital Kabul reportedly killed at least 14 people and wounded more than 140 people
,
mostly civilians including women and children, as the Taliban claimed responsibility for what it said was a suicide attack
17 August 2019 Kabul bombing:
17 August 2019 Kabul bombing, targeting a wedding, killing at least 63 people and injuring 182
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18 August 2019: Islamic State terrorists claims responsibility for Kabul wedding hall blast
19 August 2019 bombings:
19 August 2019: A series of bombings has struck restaurants and public squares in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, wounding at least 66 people, officials said, as the country marked the 100th anniversary of its independence from Britain
31 August 2019 Taliban attack on Kunduz:
31 August 2019: The Taliban have launched a new attack on Afghanistan’s city of Kunduz, even as the insurgent group continued negotiations with the USA on ending USA's longest war
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1 September 2019: At least three civilians and 36 Taliban fighters have been killed after the militant group launched a 'massive' attack on Kunduz
2/3 September 2019 Taliban Kabul attack:
3 September 2019: The toll from a massive blast claimed by the Taliban in Kabul has risen to 16 dead — all civilians — with scores more wounded, an official said
5 September 2019 Taliban suicide bombing:
5 September 2019: A Taliban suicide bomber has blown himself up in the centre of Kabul, with the blast rattling windows and doors in an area near embassies and government buildings
16 September 2019 Farah, Ghazni and Logar attacks:
16 September 2019: At least five civilians, including women and children, were killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in western Farah province on Sunday, where the Taliban are active, as on Monday a sticky bomb attached to a mini bus belonging to Ghazni University exploded and killed the bus driver, wounding five Ghazni University students
17 September 2019 Taliban Charakar and Kabul attacks:
17 September 2019 Taliban bombings
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17 September 2019: Taliban suicide bomber on a motorcycle
targeted a campaign rally by president Ashraf Ghani in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people and wounding 31, as hours later an explosion struck near the USA Embassy in Kabul, killing 22 people and wounding a further 38
18 September 2019 Jalalabad suicide attack:
18 September 2019: Gunmen and at least one suicide bomber attacked a government building in eastern Afghanistan's Jalalabad, used for the distribution of electronic identity cards, wounding nine people including a child and a woman
,
as Taliban and Islamic state group are active in eastern Afghanistan
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18 September 2019: Afghanistan's Taliban terrorist group on Wednesday warned teachers, students and other education workers to avoid the upcoming presidential vote or risk dying in attacks on election centres
19/20 September 2019 Taliban truck bomb kills dozens in Qalat:
19 September 2019 Qalat Taliban suicide bombing
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19 September 2019: Taliban truck bomb has killed at least 30 people and wounded 95 others including several women, children, health workers and patients in Qalat's hospital when it exploded near hospital in southern Afghanistan's city of Qalat, the capital of Zabul province
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20 septembre 2019: Le bilan d'un attentat des talibans ayant touché jeudi un hôpital dans le sud de l'Afghanistan est passé à au moins 39 morts et 140 blessés, selon les autorités de la province de Zaboul
20/21 September 2019 two confirmed Taliban attacks:
21 September 2019: A roadside bomb has killed at least two civilians and wounded five other people when the blast struck a vehicle Friday afternoon in Spin Boldak district in southern Kandahar province where the Taliban are active, and as two more blasts in Kabul on Friday night were claimed by the terrorist group
1 October 2019 Taliban Balkh province attack:
1 October 2019: The Taliban killed at least 11 police officers in Afghanistan's northern Balkh province before burning their headquarters, officials said
16 October 2019 Alishing attack:
16 October 2019: 26 people including 20 children and six security forces were wounded in an attack in Alishing district, and at least two security officers were killed when a car bomb detonated
18/19 October 2019 Haska Meyna mosque bombing:
18 October 2019 Haska Meyna mosque bombing
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18 octobre 2019: Plus de 28 personnes ont été tuées par une explosion dans une mosquée de l'est de l'Afghanistan vendredi, qui a fait également plus de 50 blessés
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19 October 2019: State blames Taliban for blasts targeting worshippers during Friday prayers, killing at least 69 people including children and elders
13 November 2019 car bomb explosion in Kabul:
13 November 2019: Car bomb explosion kills at least seven people in Afghan capital Kabul, wounding 10 others
11 December Bagram hospital attack:
11 décembre 2019: Une attaque contre un hôpital en construction près de la base américaine de Bagram, au nord de Kaboul, a tué une femme et fait au moins soixante blessés mercredi, ont indiqué des sources locales et militaire américaine
17 December 2019 roadside bombings:
17 December 2019: A roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan killed at least 10 civilians on Tuesday morning, including women and children, while explosives attached to a bicycle detonated near a police vehicle in a northern province, wounding at least 18 people
19 January 2020 Taliban reportedly executed family:
19 January 2020: Afghan officials said Sunday that the Taliban executed six members of the same family, including an infant girl, in a remote village in the country's north
11 February 2020 Kabul suicide bombing:
11 February 2020 Kabul suicide bombing, killing 7 people including civilians and wounding 12 other people, including five civilians
6 March 2020 dozens killed in attack on political rally in Kabul:
6 March 2020: Gunmen opened fire on Friday at a ceremony in Afghanistan’s capital attended by political leaders, killing at least 32 people and wounding dozens more before the two attackers were killed by police, officials said, as 'Islamic State' terrorists claimed responsibility for the attack
25 March 2020 Islamic state terrorists killed at least 25 Sikh worshippers:
25 March 2020: Islamic state gunmen and suicide bombers have killed at least 25 worshippers, including women and children, and injured many others in an early morning attack on a Sikh Gurdwara in the heart of Kabul
26 March 2020 bomb disrupts funeral service for 25 Sikhs killed in Kabul:
26 March 2020: An explosive device disrupted funeral service in Kabul for 25 members of Afghanistan's Sikh minority community who had been killed by Islamic State terrorists as no one reportedly hurt in the blast
1 April 2020 roadside bombing in Helmand killed civilians including 6 children:
1 April 2020: A roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan's Helmand near Greshk killed at least eight civilians, including six children, as the Taliban and Islamic State terrorists are active in Helmand province, as Taliban sent a technical team to Kabul to monitor the release of Taliban prisoners
8 April 2020 Taliban kill at least 7 civilians amid covid-19 pandemic:
8 April 2020: Taliban kill at least 7 civilians in country's northern Balkh province, as in the southern Kandahar province 3 children were killed and 5 were seriously wounded when a mortar shell hit in the district of Daman, both attacks coming as country braces for the covid-19 pandemic, which has killed at least 14 people from among 423 confirmed cases
29 April 2020 suicide bomber in Kabul kills at least three civilians:
29 April 2020: A suicide bomber targeted a base belonging to Afghan special forces on the southern outskirts of Kabul, killing at least three civilians and wounding 15, officials said, as the government blamed the Taliban for the attack
11 May 2020 four explosions in Kabul:
11 mai 2020: Quatre explosions successives de mines ont secoué le nord de la capitale afghane lundi matin blessant quatre civils, selon la police
12 May 2020 gunmen stormed a maternity hospital in Kabul:
12 May 2020: Gunmen stormed maternity Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in the western part of Kabul, setting off a shootout with the police and killing people as Afghan forces carried out newborn babies and their mothers to evacuate the facility under fire
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12 May 2020: Newborn babies among dead in attack on Kabul maternity hospital by gunmen also throwing grenades, as at least 13 killed and dozens evacuated
12 May 2020 suicide terror attack at funeral in Khewa district:
12 mai 2020: Des dizaines de personnes ont été tuées et blessées dans une attaque suicide lors d'une cérémonie de funérailles dans l'est de l'Afghanistan mardi matin, a indiqué un porte-parole du gouvernement local
20 May 2020 terrorists killed 14 civilians:
20 May 2020: Terrorists killed 14 civilians in two separate attacks in Afghanistan while the Taliban targeted pro-government checkpoints in the northeast, killing nine militiamen
31 May 2020 Islamic State bombing attack:
31 mai 2020: Deux employés d'une télévision afghane tués par une bombe, revendiquée par le groupe État Islamique qui a frappé un minibus transportant 15 employés de Khurshid TV
27 June 2020 bomb attack kills human rights workers in Kabul:
27 June 2020: Bomb attack kills two human rights workers in Kabul
3 August 2020 ongoing Islamic State attack on Afghan prison killing 21 so far:
3 August 2020: An Islamic State group attack on a prison in eastern Afghanistan holding hundreds of its members raged on Monday after killing at least 21 people in fighting overnight, a local official said, as another 43 people have been wounded in the assault
16 August 2020 female Afghan peace negotiator Fawzia Koofi wounded in assassination bid:
16 August 2020: Women’s rights activist Fawzia Koofi, a member of the team negotiating a deal with the Taliban, wounded in an assassination attempt, while returning from a visit to the northern province of Parwan
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where she began her political career since 2001, working with Unicef to protect children from violence, exploitation and abuse
9 September 2020 Amrullah Saleh wounded by roadside bomb attack killing 10 people in Kabul:
9 September 2020 vice president of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh was wounded by a roadside bomb attack in Kabul, in which 10 people were killed, 15 civilians wounded, including some of his bodyguards, as Saleh said he was traveling to his office and there was no claim of responsibility for the bombing
3 October 2020 civilians killed in car bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan:
3 octobre 2020: Au moins quinze personnes, principalement des civils, ont été tuées et plus de quarante blessées dans un attentat au camion piégé samedi, quand l’attaque ciblait un bâtiment administratif dans l’est de l’Afghanistan
18 October 2020 civilians killed in Firuzkuh car bomb attack:
18 octobre 2020: Une voiture piégée ayant pris pour cible le siège de la police afghane à Feroz Koh dans la province de Ghor (ouest) a tué dimanche au moins douze civils et fait une centaine de blessés, selon les autorités
24 October 2020 deadly suicide bomb attack in Kabul:
24 October 2020: At least 18 dead in suicide bomb attack in Kabul as explosion struck outside education centre in Shia neighbourhood in Afghan city
7 November 2020 Kabul vehicle bomb kills 3 civilians including journalist:
7 November 2020: A bomb attached to the vehicle of a former presenter on Afghanistan’s Tolo TV has exploded, killing the journalist and two other civilians, Kabul police have said, as separately on Saturday a suicide bomb attack in the southern Zabul province killed two civilians, wounding seven more
14 November 2020 Kabul University attack linked with Taliban:
14 novembre 2020: L’insurgé qui avait planifié l’assaut contre l’université de la capitale afghane le 2 novembre, recruté par un groupe lié aux talibans, a été interpellé
21 November 2020 three citizens die in rocket attacks on Afghan capital:
21 November 2020: Three citizens die in rocket attacks on Afghan capital, as explosions come ahead of separate scheduled meetings between Mike Pompeo, Taliban and Afghan government officials in Doha
10 December 2020 gunmen killed TV journalist and rights activist Malalai Maiwand in Jalalabad:
10 December 2020: Gunmen have shot and killed TV journalist and women’s rights activist Malalai Maiwand in Afghanistan along with her driver Mohammad Tahir in Jalalabad, in an incident that underscored increasing violence against journalists in the country
18 December 2020 bomb blast kills 15 children in Afghanistan's Gilan:
18 December 2020: A bomb rigged to a rickshaw has killed at least 15 children and wounded 20 others in a Taliban-controlled area in eastern Afghanistan's Gilan district, a provincial official said, as violence in the war-weary country continued to surge
20 December 2020 Kabul terror attack and killed children:
20 décembre 2020: L’explosion d’une voiture piégée a fait dimanche huit morts dont des enfants et plus de 15 blessés à Kaboul, une nouvelle fois frappée par des attaques sanglantes, ont annoncé les autorités afghanes
22 December 2020 5 civilians including 4 doctors killed in Kabul bombing:
22 décembre 2020: Au moins cinq personnes, dont quatre médecins travaillant dans une prison où sont détenus des centaines de talibans, ont été tués mardi à Kaboul dans l’explosion d’une bombe placée sous leur voiture, selon la police
17 January 2021 two female judges shot dead in Kabul as wave of killings continues:
17 January 2021: Two female judges shot dead in Kabul as wave of killings continues, and as assassination of supreme court judges follows months of increased violence in Afghanistan
Opium production in Afghanistan:
Opium production
in Afghanistan
2016:
23 octobre 2016: La culture d'opium en Afghanistan, premier producteur d'héroïne au monde, a atteint cette année son 3e niveau de production le plus élevé depuis 20 ans, selon l'ONU, qui estime que la surface cultivée a augmenté d'environ 10% par rapport à 2015
Illegal drug trade in Afghanistan:
Illegal drug trade in Afghanistan
Allegations of CIA drug trafficking in Afghanistan:
Allegations of CIA drug trafficking in Afghanistan
Corruption in Afghanistan:
Corruption in Afghanistan
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Corruption, fraud etc. in Afghanistan
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Shirini
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Integrity Watch Afghanistan
2013-2016:
5 March 2013: The former chiefs of Kabul Bank Sherkhan Farnood and Khalilullah Ferozi have been sentenced to five years in jail for the multi-million dollar fraud that almost led to its collapse in 2010
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19 April 2015: UN investigation finds corruption in Afghan police oversight division
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14 September 2016: From the very beginning of its intervention in Afghanistan 15 years ago, the USA sabotaged its own efforts by feeding corruption in the country’s government and the security forces meant to fight the Taliban, according to a new report by a USA Congress watchdog
Law and law enforcement in Afghanistan:
Law of Afghanistan
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Law enforcement in Afghanistan
Judiciary of Afghanistan:
Judiciary of
Afghanistan, still under construction as the Justice Ministry is now (May 2016) working to set up a workable judicial system with lower and a higher courts in every province as in rural areas, where local elders and tribal authorities resolve criminal cases, Taliban laws have remained in effect, and verdicts often are based on Islamic and tribal law
Supreme Court of Afghanistan:
Supreme Court of Afghanistan, the court of last resort in Afghanistan created by the Constitution of Afghanistan, which was approved in January 2004
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Chief Justice of Afghanistan
17 January 2021 two female judges shot dead in Kabul as wave of killings continues:
17 January 2021: Two female judges shot dead in Kabul as wave of killings continues, and as assassination of supreme court judges follows months of increased violence in Afghanistan
Afghan National Police:
Afghan National Police, the primary police force of Afghanistan, serving all across the country under the responsibility of Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior and having about 157,000 active members as of September 2013
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Afghan Public Protection Force since 2009, organized as a State Owned Enterprise and designed to contract with both domestic and international customers for security services within Afghanistan
Foreign relations of Afghanistan:
Foreign relations of Afghanistan
Invasions and wars targeting and involving Afghanistan:
Wars targeting and involving Afghanistan
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Invasions of Afghanistan - as Afghanistan is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia and South Asia, the Afghanistan area has been invaded many times in recorded history, some of these invaders in the history of Afghanistan include Indians, Alexander the Great, Caliphate, Genghis Khan, Timur, Mughal Empire, various Persian Empires, British Empire, Sikh Empire, Soviet Union, and currently a coalition force of NATO troops
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List of wars involving Afghanistan
Foreign aid to Afghanistan and 'phantom aid':
2002-2009 phantom aid in Afghanistan:
Phantom aid in Afghanistan, an aid that never reaches the intended recipients and that gets looted in many ways, as Afghanistan has received approximately $35 billion of international aid between 2002 and 2009, however, much of this aid has not helped ease poverty or improve economic and living conditions
2011/2012:
8. Juni 2011: Selbstbeurteilung der Afghanistan-Hilfe der USA als wenig effektiv
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9. September 2011: Nach jahrzehntelangen Kriegszerstörungen steht Afghanistan vor wirtschaftlichem Kollaps
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30 July 2012: Hundreds of millions of US taxpayer dollars may have been wasted on poorly managed infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, a report to USA Congress says
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28 November 2012: Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee published its report declaring that US$5 billion, including $400 million the Kabul Bank’s shareholders, were illegally transferred abroad
2016 Brussels conference on Afghanistan:
October 2016 Brussels conference on Afghanistan
Afghanistan/United Nations relations:
Afghanistan/
United Nations
relations
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UN resolutions concerning Afghanistan
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1 July 2013: UN deputy chief reiterates commitment to country’s long-term development in Afghanistan
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3/4 April 2014: UN's Ban Ki-moon urges all Afghan men and women to fully participate in Presidential and Provincial Council elections on April 5
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as UNAMA condemns deadly attack on foreign journalists in the Tani district of Khost province
Afghan refugees and Afghan diaspora:
Afghan refugees
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Afghan diaspora, citizens of Afghanistan who have immigrated to other countries, or people of Afghan origin who are born outside Afghanistan, traditionally the borders between Afghanistan and its southern and eastern neighbouring countries have been fluid and vagueand like other nations that were created by European empires
21 October 2020 stadium crush kills at least 11 women seeking visas to leave Afghanistan:
21 October 2020: At least 11 women died in a crush at a football stadium in Afghanistan as thousands of people amassed to get visas to leave the country, as eastern Nangarhar province spokesman Attaullah Khogyani said a further 13 people, mostly women, were injured at the Jalalabad stadium, where they were trying to get visas to enter Pakistan, as separately, at least 36 Afghan police were killed in an ambush by Taliban militants in northern Afghanistan
Bilateral relations of Afghanistan:
Bilateral relations of Afghanistan
Afghanistan/Australia relations:
Afghanistan/
Australia
relations
Since 2001 military history of Australia during the War in Afghanistan:
Since 2001 military history of Australia during the War in Afghanistan
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Military bases of Australia in Afghanistan
2012:
17 April 2012: Australia to end Afghan mission in 2013
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31 August 2012: Australia says the death of three troops being shot by an Afghan colleague and two others dying in a helicopter crash will not speed up Afghan exit
July 2019:
15 July 2019: A young Afghan man has tried to set himself on fire at a Melbourne detention centre
19 November 2020 Australian special forces involved in murder of 39 Afghan civilians and 'long time for justice':
19 November 2020: Australian special forces involved in murder of 39 Afghan civilians, war crimes report from 2006 to 2016 alleges, as Brereton report finds prisoners were executed to ‘blood’ junior soldiers and unlawful killings were deliberately covered up
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19 November 2020: Afghans wait for Australia to right the wrongs of its war in 'long time for justice'
Afghanistan/Canada relations:
Afghanistan/
Canada
relations
2017:
14 October 2017: Canadian Joshua Boyle who was held hostage with his family for five years says that the Taliban-linked militants who abducted him and his wife in Afghanistan raped her and killed an infant daughter born in captivity
Afghanistan/European Union relations:
Eupol Afghanistan is a
European Union
mission since 2007 to support and train police in Afghanistan, and improve the rule of law
Afghanistan/France relations:
Afghanistan/
France
relations
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French forces in Afghanistan
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20 November: France ends Afghan combat role
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29 April: The outgoing French ambassador to Afghanistan Bernard Bajolet blamed the country’s rampant corruption and the drug trade on the country's failure to establish itself as an independent country
Afghanistan/India relations:
Afghanistan/
India
relations
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4 October 2011: 'Strategic partnership' between Afghanistan and India signed by Karzai and Singh in Delhi
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12 November: Afghan President Karzai is in New Delhi, holding delegation-level talks with PM Manmohan Singh
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12 November: India and Afghanistan to intensify cooperation, especially in the sectors of agriculture, small business and mining
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3 July 2013: Three Indian workers were killed in Tuesday's Taliban attack on a guest house in Kabul
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3 August: A suicide blast outside the Indian consulate in Jalalabad has reportedly left at least eight people dead and another 12 injured
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5 September: Suspected Taliban militants shot dead the Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, writer of a popular book about her dramatic escape from the Taliban in the 90s, in eastern Afghan province of Paktika
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11 December: Hamid Karzai heads to India waving wish list of military hardware
Afghanistan/Iran relations:
Afghanistan/
Iran
relations
Afghan and Taliban opium smuggling into Iran:
Afghan and Taliban opium smuggling into Iran
2015 Iran recruiting Afghan refugees to fight and support Assad's regime:
5 November 2015: Iran is recruiting Afghan refugees to fight in the foreign military contingent supporting Assad's regime in Syria, promising a monthly salary and residence permits
13 February 2021 fuel tanker truck explodes on Iran-Afghan border:
13 February 2021: A fuel tanker truck exploded Saturday at the Islam Qala crossing in Afghanistan’s western Herat province on the Iranian border, injuring at least seven people and causing a massive fire that consumed more than 500 trucks carrying natural gas and fuel, according to Afghan officials and Iranian state media
14 February 2021 firefighters struggled for a second day to battle massive fire spotted from space:
14 February 2021: Firefighters struggled for a second day Sunday to battle a massive fire that began when a fuel tanker exploded at a major crossing in Afghanistan’s western Herat province on the Iranian border, spotted from space by NASA satellites
Afghanistan/Israel relations:
Afghanistan/
Israel
relations
November 2005 Afghan president hinted at desire to establish formal relations with Israel:
2 November 2005: Afghan president Karzai hinted at a desire to establish formal relations with Israel, calling Shimon Peres a 'dear man, a real warrior for peace', as warming of ties between Afghanistan and Israel sets Kabul's policies in sharp contrast to those of neighboring Iran, calling at 'A World Without Zionism' conference in Tehran for the destruction of the state of Israel
Afghanistan/Nepal relations:
Afghanistan/
Nepal
relations
Retreat of glaciers in the Himalayas and Central Asia:
Retreat of glaciers in the Himalayas and Central Asia
September/October 2019 Himalayan University Consortium's workshop:
23 September - 2 October 2019 Himalayan University Consortium's workshop 'Harnessing economic opportunities for transformative change in the Hindu Kush Himalaya'
Afghanistan/New Zealand relations:
Afghanistan/
New Zealand
relations
Afghanistan/Pakistan relations:
Afghanistan/
Pakistan
relations
since 1980:
Afghan-Pakistani Haqqani network 1980–present, USA and ISI's fosterling
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9 July 2013: Former ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha has admitted that the deadly Haqqani network was created by it and USA's CIA and claimed that the insurgent group's chief Haqqani had 'in fact been invited to the White House by President Reagan'
2012-2014:
24 December 2012: Pakistan shares the Kabul government's goal of transforming the Taliban insurgency into a political movement, an Afghan official says
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21 June 2013: Afghanistan and Pakistan trade accusations at UN over the whereabouts of Islamist extremists on their border
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26 August: President Karzai seeks Pakistan's help to arrange peace talks with Taliban
2016:
4 October 2016: Afghan exodus from Pakistan could be 'catastrophic' without urgent aid, UN warns
Afghanistan/Qatar relations:
Afghanistan/Qatar relations
June 2013 Taliban office in Qatar and anger:
20 June 2013: Afghan government anger at opening of Taliban office in Qatar leads USA to suspend plans to attend talks
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21 June 2013: USA welcomes Qatar's decision to take down a sign that cast the Taliban's new office in Doha as a rival Afghan embassy saying the militant group can't represent itself 'as an emirate, government or sovereign'
August 2020 Afghanistan attacks:
August 2020 Afghanistan attacks, multiple Islamic state's and Taliban attacks that left at least 165 people dead, and another 177 Afghan citizens were injured
12 September 2020 Afghan government - Taliban negotiations in Doha:
12 September 2020 Afghan government - Taliban negotiations in Doha, as Afghan government team also comprises of women's rights activists
Afghanistan/Sweden relations:
Afghanistan/
Sweden
relations
Since 1980 'Swedish Committee for Afghanistan':
'Swedish Committee for Afghanistan' aid organisation active in Afghanistan since 1980
2014:
On 11 March 2014 Swedish journalist Nils Horner shot dead in a street in Kabul in execution-style
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11 March 2014: Swedish journalist Nils Horner was shot and killed in Kabul in an attack that many worry reflects the growing danger for foreigners in Afghanistan’s capital
2017:
21 May 2017: Unknown gunmen entered a compound housing employees working for Operation Mercy, a Swedish charity in Kabul, killing a German woman and an Afghan guard, and abducting a Finnish woman
Afghanistan/Turkmenistan relations:
Afghanistan/
Turkmenistan
relations
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Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline
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Afghanistan Oil Pipeline
Afghanistan/United Kingdom relations:
Afghanistan/
United Kingdom
relations: Anglo-Afghanische Kriege
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War in Afghanistan since 2001
2012/2013:
18 January 2012: UK troops quizzed over Afghan child abuse
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21 July 2012: More than 800 historic artefacts stolen from museums in Afghanistan returned to Afghanistan
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11 October 2012: Seven UK marines arrested on suspicion of a murder
which occurred in Afghanistan in 2011
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14 October: Five UK marines charged with murder
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24 January 2013: Playing royals in action - the third-in-line to the throne Harry confirmed he shot dead insurgents from the cockpit, saying he took the enemy 'out of the game'
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29 May 2013: Afghans unlawfully held by British forces at Camp Bastion
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29 May: UK to transfer scores of detainees to Afghan facilities
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1 June 2013: Britain must investigate torture in Iraq, Afghanistan, UN says
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4 June 2013: Two British soldiers convicted of abusing Afghans
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On 11 March 2014 Swedish journalist Nils Horner shot dead in a street in Kabul in execution-style
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11 March 2014: Swedish journalist Nils Horner, who also had British citizenship, was shot to death on Tuesday while he was talking to a translator on a street in Kabul
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27 April 2014: A commission appointed by Karzai to investigate detention facilities run by USA and British forces claimed to have uncovered secret prisons on two coalition bases
2014:
11 March 2014: Swedish journalist Nils Horner, who also had British citizenship, was shot to death on Tuesday while he was talking to a translator on a street in Kabul
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3/4 December 2014: London Conference on Afghanistan 2014 co-hosted by the UK and Afghanistan
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3 December: In London Afghan president Ghani will have his first meeting with global supporters to discuss the country’s future
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4 December: Afghan president promises to tackle corruption if west holds firm on aid
Afghanistan/USA relations:
Afghanistan/
USA
relations
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The Guardian: US gave silent backing to Taliban rise to power
CIA activities:
CIA activities in Pakistan
1980–present:
Afghan-Pakistani Haqqani network 1980–present, USA's and ISI's fosterling
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9 July 2013: Former ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha has admitted that the deadly Haqqani network was created by it and USA's CIA and claimed that the insurgent group's chief Haqqani had 'in fact been invited to the White House by President Reagan'
2011:
31 May 2011: Karzai bans Nato strikes on Afghan homes
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17 July 2011: Nato begins security handover to local forces in Bamiyan
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16 November: Karzai lays out conditions for US partnership demanding night raids by US and Nato stopped
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5 December: Afghan conference in Bonn as Nato troops eye exit and Pakistan is boycotting the talks
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28 December: President Karzai backs Taliban Qatar office plan
2012:
AP 4 January 2012: Taliban to open Qatar office for talks with US
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7 January: Karzai demands US cede Afghan prison control
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30 January: Several Taliban negotiators have begun meeting with American officials in Qatar, where they are discussing preliminary trust-building measures
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16 February: After 11 years of war Afghanistan and USA in 'Taliban talks', Karzai says
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11 mars: Un soldat américain a tué 16 personnes, dont neuf enfants et trois femmes, dimanche matin dans la province de Kandahar
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12 March: The Afghan Parliament demands that the US soldier who killed 16 villagers in their homes should be put on public trial in Afghanistan
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13 March: Hundreds of university students took to the streets in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad Tuesday to protest the rampage by a US soldier who killed 16 villagers
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15 March: The US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers has been flown by US military from Afghanistan out to Kuwait
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16 March: US 'did not co-operate' with Kandahar probe - Karzai, in meeting with families of 16 victims, says his investigators were denied access to the accused US soldier
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17 March: US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in Kandahar identified as Staff Sergeant Robert Bales
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17 March: British BBC considers the 'personality' of the murder (back in the USA) of Afghan civilians and children and not the situation of the victims and their families - outcry for justice? USA and UK are the murder and responsible, some hundreds of years
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2 mai: Attentat des Taliban à Kaboul et six morts après la visite surprise de Barack Obama à Kaboul aussi prononcant un discours télévisé à l’adresse des Américains depuis la base militaire de Bagram
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7 July: In Kabul USA secretary of state Hillary Clinton designating Afghanistan a major non-NATO ally shortly before major aid conference in Tokyo
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10 September: USA to transfer Bagram prison to Afghans
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25 September: Afghans hail action over USA Marines abuse
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5/6 November: Najeeban in southern Afghanistan is a ghost village, deserted by the surviving inhabitants after a murderous rampage, as Sergeant Robert Bales is due in USA court for a military hearing
and prosecutors say they will seek death penalty for Robert Bales, accused of killing 16 civilians
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11 November: USA military court hears Afghan massacre accounts
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12 November: USA Sergeant Bales watches as child after child describes the bloodbath that left their parents and other loved ones dead
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19 November: Afghan president Karzai says USA forces continue to capture and detain Afghans in violation of a deal signed earlier this year
Kandahar massacre 11 March 2012 and trial 2013:
Kandahar massacre 11 March 2012
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5 June 2013: US Sgt. Bales pleads guilty in Afghan massacre
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21 August 2013: Afghan victims confront USA soldier accused of massacre
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24 August: USA army sergeant Bales who murdered 16 Afghan villagers in a horrific rampage was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole
2013 three-city USA tour of Afghan youth orchestra:
9 February 2013: Afghan youth orchestra begins first three-city US tour
2013:
24 February: The Afghan government demands the withdrawal of USA special forces from Wardak and Logar within two weeks accusing them of fuelling 'insecurity and instability' in the volatile provinces
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25 March: US to hand over Bagram jail to Afghans
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29 April 2013: For more than a decade, wads of USA dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan's president - 'courtesy' of the CIA
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19 June: After the Afghan militants opened an office in Qatar to oversee peace negotiations, US officials will meet with Taliban representatives within days
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19 June: The Taliban today claimed responsibility for an overnight attack at Bagram air base that killed four US troops, just hours after USA said its officials would meet the insurgents for talks
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19 June: The Afghan government lashed out at USA efforts to broker peace with the Taliban, suspending security talks with Washington and threatening to boycott contacts with the insurgents
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20 June: USA welcomes Qatar's decision to take down a sign that cast the Taliban's new office in Doha as a rival Afghan embassy saying the militant group can't represent itself 'as an emirate, government or sovereign'
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20 June: Afghan government anger at opening of Taliban office in Qatar leads USA to suspend plans to attend talks
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17 July: Afghan suspect blames USA commandos for civilian murders
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13 September: Deadly truck bomb hits US consulate in Afghanistan
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13 October: Dispute on immunity for USA troops blocks Afghan-USA security pact
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21 November: Afghanistan and USA agree on post 2014 military deal text
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21 novembre: Ouverture de la Loya Jirga, examen de l'accord avec les Etats-Unis
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24 November: Afghan council endorses USA security deal and seeks immediate signing
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26 November: USA says may pull out all troops from Afghanistan as Karzai holds up deal
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13 December: USA can't be aggressive, intimidatory, Afghanistan president Karzai says
2014:
27 April: A commission appointed by Karzai to investigate detention facilities run by USA and British forces claimed to have uncovered secret prisons on two coalition bases
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26 May 2014: Afghanistan expresses anger at USA monitoring 'nearly all' phone calls
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28 May 2014: Announcing a plan to leave 9,800 troops in Afghanistan in 2015, Obama says it's not USA's responsibility to make Afghanistan a perfect place
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28 May: Afghanistan's Karzai welcomes USA plan to withdraw troops by 2016
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10 December: Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani vows to investigate CIA abuse in his country, saying torture described in the USA Senate report 'violates all accepted norms of human rights in the world'
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21 December: USA sends four Afghan Guantanamo prisoners home
2016:
18 janvier 2016: Les autorités afghanes, le Pakistan, la Chine et les Etats-Unis d'Amérique ont repris leurs discussions pour régler le conflit avec les talibans
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28 March: A USA soldier shot and killed an Afghan boy on Monday near an American airfield close to the capital Kabul
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22 May 2016: Afghan Taliban have confirmed the death of leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor after the USA military announced he was the target of a drone strike in Pakistan
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29 September 2016: Suspected USA drone strike on a home in eastern Afghanistan, where civilians were sleeping after having gathered to welcome home a tribal elder from hajj pilgrimage, has killed at least 15 civilians and injured another 13, according to the United Nations, calling for an independent inquiry
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3 November 2016: As many as 30 civilians were killed in a USA airstrike on Thursday morning called in to protect USA and Afghan troops involved in heavy fighting with the Taliban near Kunduz
August 2018:
13 August 2018: Optimism spread into the Afghan peace process after Taliban officials said groundbreaking preliminary talks with the USA last month were 'very helpful' and that another round will take place in Doha in September
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13 août 2018: Au moins 100 membres des forces de sécurité afghanes ont été tués dans les combats les opposant depuis jeudi soir aux talibans pour le contrôle de la ville de Ghazni
September 2019 cancelled talks on Afghanistan:
8 September 2019: USA's Trump has cancelled talks on Afghanistan that would have brought him face to face with Taliban, asking 'what kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthen their bargaining position', after the Taliban claimed responsibility for a blast in Kabul that killed 12 people including a USA soldier on Thursday, amid escalation of Taliban terror attacks
29 February 2020 USA and terrorist group Taliban sign deal aimed at ending war in Afghanistan:
29 February 2020: USA and terrorist group Taliban sign deal aimed at ending war in Afghanistan, demanding further talks involving Afghan factions, as prospects for Afghanistan’s future remain uncertain icluding questions concerning terror victims and gains made in women’s rights since the toppling of the Taliban, which had repressed women and girls under a strict brand of Sharia law
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29 February 2020 USA and Taliban agreement
War in Afghanistan since 2001:
War in Afghanistan since 2001
Civil war in Afghanistan 1992–1996 leads to the Taliban controlling most of Afghanistan
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Taliban and
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan 1996-2001
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Civil war in Afghanistan 1996–2001 Taliban period
Terrorism
in Afghanistan
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
"Afghan War Diary"
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War crimes
in Afghanistan
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Civilian casualties
of the war in Afghanistan (2001-present)
May 2011:
1 May 2011: 12-year-old boy suicide attack
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18. Mai: Provinz Tahar - Tote bei Protesten nach Nato-Angriff
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29. Mai 2011: 12 Kinder bei Nato-Luftangriff getötet
June 2011:
18. Juni 2011: Karzai bestätigt Gespräche USA-Taliban
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23. Juni 2011: Obama kündigt Abzug von 10.000 Soldaten bis Ende 2011 an
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23 June 2011: Obama announces withdrawal of 10.000 troops this year and another 23.000 by the end of September 2012
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23. Juni 2011: Nach den USA kündigen weitere Länder Truppenabzug an
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29 juin 2011: Deux journalistes francais retenus en otage par les Talibans libérés après 547 jours
July 2011:
7 July: Afghan protests at civilians deaths in Nato air strike
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UN: Deadliest six months for Afghan civilians (14 July 2011)
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Nato begins security handover to local forces in Bamiyan 17 July 2011
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23. Juli 2011: Kommandoübergabe auch in Masar-i-Scharif Juli 2011
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28 July: BBC reporter Ahmed Omed Khpalwak among 17 victims killed in Afghan Taliban blasts
September 2011:
7 September 2011: Nato suspends Afghan prison transfers - torture allegations
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8 September 2011: Nato-led forces killed BBC-reporter Ahmed Omed Khpulwak - shot dead by an USA-soldier (compare July 28)
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11 September 2011: Five Afghan civilians (including a 3-year-old girl) killed, several Afghans and dozens of US-soldiers wounded in a Taliban suicide bombing targeting USA-base in Wardak province
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21 September: Afghans gather to mourn Burhanuddi Rabbani killed by a suicide bomber
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23 September: Karzai vows to continue Afghan peace effort
October 2011:
29. Oktober 2011: Schwerer Taliban-Angriff auf Nato-Truppen in Kabul
November 2011:
2 November: Turkey summit to map out Afghan future
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24. November 2011: Sechs Kinder bei Nato-Luftangriff in der Provinz Kandahar getötet
December 2011:
8 December 2011: Kabul in grief after Ashoura shrine blast as Karzai vows to take up the issue with Pakistan
January 2012:
12 January 2012: US military to probe 'marine abuse video'
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13 January: US Marines identify desecrators of corpes in Afghanistan as the international community condemns the new US crime
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13 February: US Marine unit in Afghanistan abuse video identified
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18. Januar: Ermittlungen gegen britische Afghanistan-Soldaten wegen Mißbrauchs von Kindern
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19 January: Ongoing atrocities against civilians despite promised talks
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20 January: France suspends Afghan troop training after a deadly attack of an Afghan army soldier
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21. Januar: Frankreich erwägt rascheren Abzug aus Afghanistan
February 2012:
4 February 2012: Afghan civilian deaths rise for fifth year, UN says
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10 February: Hamid Karzai accuses NATO on Thursday of killing eight children in a coalition airstrike in eastern Afghanistan
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23 February: Violence over the burning of copies of the Quran by NATO troops at a military base in Afghanistan
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26 February: Withdrawal of all foreign advisers in Afghanistan announced after killing of two US military officers in Kabul's interior ministry
March 2012:
11 March: US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar
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15. März 2012: Karzai will Nato früher aus Afghanistan haben - ISAF-Truppen sollen sich ab sofort aus Dörfern zurückziehen – Taliban sagen Gespräche mit den USA ab
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16. März 2012: Schon wieder getötete afghanische Kinder, diesmal durch Nato-Helikopterabsturz auf ein Wohnhaus in Kabul
April 2012:
16 April: Sunday Taliban assault on Afghan capital 'over' - officials say all Taliban fighters involved in Kabul attack are dead
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17. April 2012: Laut Behördenberichten haben islamische Extremisten und Gegner von Mädchenschule 150 Mädchen an einer weiterführenden Schule mit kontaminiertem Wasser vergiftet und einige schwer verletzt
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19 April: Probe ordered into behaviour depicted by images showing US troops posing with mangled bodies of suspected suicide bombers
May 2012:
13. Mai 2012: Rückschlag für Dialog mit den Taliban - afghanischer Vermittler Maulwi Arsala Rahman ermordet
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19 May: 13 dead in Afghan suicide bombing at a lunch gathering of Afghan police and local civilians in southeast Afghanistan
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21 May: 'Hard days ahead' in Afghanistan, Obama says at a Nato summit in Chicago dominated by the issue of withdrawal from Afghanistan
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27 May: An airstrike by the US-led NATO coalition killa eight members of a family in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan authorities say
June 2012:
6 June: 17 civilians have been killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan, the head of Logar provincial council says
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9 June: Visiting Logar province US general apologises for Afghan deaths
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9 June: Start of French troop pullout in July confirmed hours after four French soldiers were killed
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22 juin: Les talibans attaquent un hôtel proche de Kaboul
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26 June: Four villages in country's east create National Uprising Movement to protect residents from violence
July 2012:
8 July: Donors at an international conference in Tokyo have pledged to give $16bn in civilian aid over four years, in an attempt to safeguard Afghanistan's future
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9 July: Roadside bombs and attacks killed and injured Afghan civilians, policemen and Nato members
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13 July: Female Afghan politician Hanifa Safi killed in a bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan
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14 July: Suicide bomber kills 22 in northern Afghanistan - MP Ahmad Khan Samangani killed in the attack
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14 July: The deadly suicide bombing in Samangan Province targeted a wedding party for MP Ahmad Khan's daughter
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15 July: Afghan minister Obaidullah Obaid survives a bomb attack on his motorcade in northern Afghanistan
August 2012:
20 August: New Zealand signals exit from Afghanistan earlier in 2013 than planned
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27 August: Taliban attack an Afghan army post in the troubled southern province of Helmand
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28 August: A group of 17 civilians - 15 men and two women - have been killed by the Taliban in southern Afghanistan
September 2012:
1 September: A suicide bombing at a large NATO military base in central Afghanistan kills at least six Afghan civilians
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4 September: Suicide bomber killed at least 25 civilians and wounded dozens at a funeral for a village elder in the village of Shagai in the Durbaba district
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8 September: Taliban claims responsibility for a 'teenage' suicide bomber attack that kills six people, the dead and wounded all street sellers aged between 12 and 17
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10 September: At least 16 people killed in blast targeting policemen at crowded intersection in urban capital of Kunduz province
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15 September: The Taliban say they carried out an attack on Nato's Camp Bastion in revenge for the film made in the US seen as insulting to Islam
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16 September: Four foreign soldiers and one Afghan policeman killed in latest 'insider' attack in Zabul province
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16 September: Nato air strike kills at least eight women and children in Laghman and injured seven - nobody protects the Afghan people and civilians against deadly attacks and war crimes, repeated again and again
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18 September: Hezb-e-Islami group claims responsibility for a female suicide attack on a minibus in Kabul killing 12 people,
including several foreigners working for an international courier company
October 2012:
1 October: Suicide bomber wearing police uniform kills 13 in Khost, including at least three police and three Nato soldiers
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13 October: At least eight people were killed in attacks in southern Afghanistan
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15 October: Afghan officials say that a NATO air strike killed three children while it was targeting Taliban planting mines on a road in Helmand province's Nawa district
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26 October: In a second suspected insider attack in two days two US troops die in the southern Uruzgan province
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26 October: Attack by man in police uniform leaves over 40 killed and injured outside mosque in northern province of Faryab
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30 October: Apparent insider attack kills two NATO troops in Nahri Sarraj district
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31 October: A roadside bomb blew up a civilian truck in Musa Qala that killed 10, including seven young women and three children
November 2012:
4 November: A roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan has killed a district police chief, as fighters increasingly target Afghan security forces amid the draw-down of foreign troops
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11 November: A mother and her newborn baby were among six family members killed in a roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan
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11/12 November: Nato soldier killed in the latest 'insider' attack in a joint camp in Nad Ali district of Helmand province
while 11 Afghan civilians lose their lives in land mine blasts
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21 novembre: Un attentat suicide dans l'enclave diplomatique de
Kaboul
mercredi matin a fait deux morts
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23 November: A Taliban suicide bomber kills two people and wounds 40 others, including women and children
,
in an attack in Wardak province
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29 November: A roadside bomb exploded under a passenger van in the Deh Rawood district of Uruzgan province, killing 10 people, most of them women and children
December 2012:
2 December: Taliban suicide attack on Afghan NATO base kills 12
in Jalalabad
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10 December: Suspected Taliban gunmen shoot dead women's affairs official in Laghman, while Nimroz province police chief dies in roadside bombing
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17 December: Collecting firewood several young girls have been killed in a landmine explosion
in Nangarhar province
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20 December: A roadside bomb kills two policemen and five civilians in Zaranj, Nimroz province
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24 December: A female Afghan police officer shot and wounded a Nato advisor in Kabul police headquarters
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26 December: A Taliban suicide bomber killed three people in an attack on a US base in the eastern town of Khost, the base that is believed to be used by the CIA
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27 December: Four Afghan policemen were killed and two wounded in a Taliban attack in the southern province of Uruzgan
January 2013:
6 January 2013: At least four people were killed and 15 others wounded in a twin suicide attack inside a meeting of community leaders in Spin Boldak
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8 January: Afghan soldier kills British soldier, wounds six
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16 January: Taliban target Afghan intelligence HQ in deadly attack
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21 January: Fierce gunfight after co-ordinated Taliban-claimed attacks on traffic police headquarters in western Kabul
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27 January: At least 10 people have been killed after a roadside bomb detonated in Kandahar
February 2013:
9 February: A landmine explosion ripped through a civilian vehicle in Nad Ali district of Helmand province and killed six members of a family
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13 February: A NATO air strike killed 10 Afghan civilians, including five children, in the Shigal district of Kunar province
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19 February: Karzai signs ban to limit Nato air strike assistance
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24 February: On Sunday morning three suicide bombings in outlying provinces and a shootout in Kabul
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24 February: The Afghan government demands the withdrawal of US special forces from Wardak and Logar within two weeks accusing them of fuelling 'insecurity and instability' in the volatile provinces
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27 February: At least nine injured, mostly army personnel, after bomber detonates near bus carrying Afghan soldiers
March 2013:
3 March: Nato troops kill two Afghan boys due to alleged mistaken identity
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9 March: As new US defence secretary visits Kabul nine people killed in apparent suicide attack at Kabul defence ministry and at least nine people - eight of them civilians and one a policeman - killed in a suicide bombing in Khost city
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12 March 2013: Two US soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in a suspected insider attack in Afghanistan, after President Karzai accused US of colluding with the Taliban to justify its presence in the country
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26 March: Taliban claims responsibility after eight suicide bombers kill five security officers in attack on a base in Jalalabad
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30 March: A Nato helicopter strike kills two children close to Ghazni city in southern Afghanistan
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31 March: Kabul government seeks to explore the possibility of talks with Taliban
April 2013:
4 April: Taliban killed over 50 people and injured 100 others in a seven-hour-long attack on a court complex in Farah city
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4 April: An airstrike by US-led forces killed four policemen and two civilians in the Deh Yak district of Ghazni province
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5 April: A bomb strapped to the back of a donkey killed one policeman and wounded three civilians in the Alingar district in Laghman province
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6 April: Six Nato personnel were killed on Saturday in two separate attacks in Qalat city and in the southern province of Zabul
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8 April: Nato airstrike kills 11 children in Afghanistan's Kunar province, officials say
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12 avril: Au moins treize soldats afghans ont été tués lors d'une attaque des talibans contre un avant-poste de l'armée dansle district de Nari, de la province de Kunar
May 2013:
2 May 2013: Three British soldiers killed in a blast in Helmand province
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5 May: Seven US soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in Afghanistan in Maiwand district and in the western province of Farah on Saturday
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16 May: Suicide attack on Nato convoy in Kabul kills six civilians
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24 May: Taliban attack UN compound in Afghan capital, two gunmen killed
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25 May: Mosque blast kills 12 people in Ghazni province's district of Andar
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29 May: 7 foreign aid workers rescued after militants detonated a suicide bomb and waged a gun battle at the International Committee of the Red Cross in Jalalabad, killing an Afghan security guard
June 2013:
4 June: Afghanistan road bomb kills three children and their father, injuring the mother critically
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10 June: All seven militants who launched an attack Monday on Kabul airport died in the assault
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11 June: Suicide blast in Kabul kills at least 17 people at Supreme Court
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18 June: Afghan forces take lead on security from Nato
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25 juin: Échec d'une attaque des Taliban sur le palais présidentiel à Kaboul
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25 juin: Huit femmes et un enfant d'une même famille ont été tués par une bombe dans la province de Kandahar, alors qu'ils se rendaient à une cérémonie de fiançailles
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26 June: Karzai and Obama commit to Taliban talks despite attack
July 2013:
2 July: Seven people killed in Kabul attack on Nato supply firm in Kabul
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8 July: Afghan forces killed 18 Taliban and lost five of their own troops in operations in the country's east
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9 July: 17 Afghan civilians, 12 women, four children and one man, killed by a roadside bomb in Herat's Obe district
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18 July: Taliban kill eight Afghan workers on their way to US military base south of Kabul
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31 July: Civilian casualties in the Afghan war rose 23% the first half of this year due to Taliban attacks and increased fighting between insurgents and government forces, the UN says
August 2013:
2 août: Vingt-deux policiers afghans et 76 talibans ont été tués au cours de combats dans la province de Nangarhar
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3 August: Reports say a suicide bomber launched an attack near Indian consulate in Jalalabad leaving at least eight children dead and several injured
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28 August: Taliban executed 12 Afghan civilians in two separate incidents, including five aid workers
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31 August: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a police checkpoint and a bank in southern Afghanistan, one of two attacks that killed 18 people
September 2013:
2 September: A group of Taliban suicide bombers attacked a US base near the border with Pakistan on Monday morning, leading to multiple explosions, a gunfight and the closure of a key road
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13 September: Deadly truck bomb hits US consulate in Afghanistan
October 2013:
15 octobre: Le gouverneur de la province afghane du Logar a été tué mardi par l'explosion d'une bombe cachée dans un microphone
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27 October: A roadside bomb killed 18 civilians and wounded five as they rode a small bus home after attending a wedding in the Ghazni province
November 2013:
16 November: Deadly suicide blast in Kabul ahead of security talks
January-June 2014:
18 January: Up to 21 people were killed, mostly foreigners and including IMF and UN staff, in a Taliban attack on a popular restaurant in Kabul
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26 January: A Taliban suicide bomber has attacked a military bus in Kabul, killing at least four people
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21 February: Three male suicide attackers wearing burqas attacked a police headquarters close to Kabul, killing one policeman
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23 February: The Taliban attacked an Afghan army base in Kunar province, killing 19 soldiers and kidnapping seven
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6 March: A NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan accidentally killed five Afghan soldiers
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14 March: A roadside bomb in Helmand province kills six civilians, including two women and two children
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18 March: Suicide bomber kills at least 13 civilians in Maimana, the capital of Faryab province
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20 March: Taliban assault on police station in Jalalabad kills 10 police officers and a civilian
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21 March: Nine people - three women, two children and four foreigners - were killed in a highly secure Kabul hotel by four teenaged Taliban fighters, who were killed too
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30 April: Afghan troops backed by Western air power killed at least 60 militants near the Pakistan border, in one of the single biggest assaults against the Taliban-linked Haqqani network
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10 June: USA soldiers came under heavy fire from Taliban militants and called in air strike but helicopters shot wrong targets leaving five troops and one Afghan soldier dead
July 2014:
9 July 2014: Number of civilians killed or injured in Afghanistan's war in first six months of 2014 rises by quarter, with more than 1,000 of those children, UN report says
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16 July: Afghanistan car bomb leaves at least 89 civilians in crowded Urgun bazaar dead
September/October 2014:
27 September 2014: After Taliban fighters had killed more than 100 people in the area, Afghan villagers hanged four captured Taliban militants from a tree as security forces battled the insurgents for a sixth day in a district of Ghazni province
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28 September 2014: Bomb explodes in Kabul diplomatic quarter, a day ahead of presidential inauguration
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21 October: At least four Afghan soldiers killed and six others and six civilians wounded by a Taliban roadside bomb in Kabul
November/December 2014:
27 November: Suicide attack at British embassy vehicle in Kabul, killing at least five Afghan civilians and wounding more than 30 others
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11 December: A Taliban suicide bomber targeting a bus in Kabul killed six Afghan soldiers and wounded 11, five Afghan schoolchildren were also reported killed in an air strike by foreign forces in northern Parwan province
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17 December: A day after Pakistan Taliban attacked a school in Peshawar killing at least 141 people, Taliban storm New Kabul bank in Lashkar Gah in Helmand, killing at least 10 people
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20 December: Afghan civilian casualties hit record high in 2014, UN says
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27 December: NATO-led foreign force mistakenly killed three civilians in an air strike
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28 December 2014: After 13 years of war, Nato formally ends its combat operations, leaving the Afghan army and police in charge of security in a country plagued by continued fighting
January-June 2015:
1 January: After Afghan army mortars reportedly killed at least 20 civilians attending a wedding party in southern Helmand
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Afghan police is investigating
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16 February: Popular female politician Angiza Shinwari in east Afghanistan died in hospital following a bomb attack on her vehicle, her driver was also killed in the explosion and four other people injured
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18 February 2015: Afghan civilian deaths hit record high, as insurgents, government forces and international troops all contribute to highest total in five years since records began
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18 April: Suicide blast kills 33 outside a bank in Afghanistan city of Jalalabad
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4 May: A Taliban suicide attack in Kabul targeting government employees kills at least one person
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21 June: A roadside bomb killed at least 19 Afghan civilians including nine children in southern Helmand province, trying to go home, while Taliban fighters in the north captured a key district on the frontline of the battle for Kunduz city
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June 2015 Kabul Parliament attack
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22 June: The Taliban attacked the Afghan parliament, setting off at least one large bomb and igniting a gun battle with security forces
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all attackers reportedly killed
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23 June: Afghan government forces regain control of a key district near the northern city of Kunduz
July-September 2015:
20 July 2015: At least seven Afghan soldiers feared to have died after a USA helicopter attack on an Afghan army outpost in Logar province
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27 July: Gunfight kills at least 20 people and wounds ten others at wedding in Deh Salah district in Baghlan in northern Afghanistan
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5 August: UN reveals 1,591 civilians killed and 3,329 wounded as war enters its 14th year, as fighting in residential areas and greater role of militias contribute to increase with women and children showing the sharpest rise in casualties
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7 August: A truck bomb reportedly exploded near an army compound in the center of Kabul killing at least eight people and wounding close to 200
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7/8 August: Taliban suicide attack kills at least 20 police cadets in Kabul
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as wave of attacks kills at least 35 people and wounds hundreds in the deadliest 24 hours in the Afghan capital in years
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10 August: A car bomb exploded near the entrance to Kabul airport on Monday, killing at least four civilians and wounding 17, including a woman and a child
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23 August: Three USA contractors were among 12 people killed by a Kabul bomb that targeted their NATO convoy
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14/15 September: Gunmen in northern Afghanistan torch UN food trucks in latest attack on aid workers
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as Taliban storm Ghazni jail and free 350 inmates
September-December 2015:
2015 Battle of Kunduz
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29 September 2015: Taliban retakes Kunduz in northern Afghanistan, freeing hundreds of militants
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29 September: USA strike targets Taliban as Afghan troops mount Kunduz counterattack
3 October 2015 bombing of Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Kunduz
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3 October 2015: A USA air strike on a hospital in Kunduz on Saturday left several 'Doctors Without Borders' staff dead and dozens of others seriously wounded
in a grave violation of International Humanitarian Law, the charity says
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adding that the location of MSF hospital 'known' to USA forces and partners
11 October: A Taliban suicide car bomber targeted a convoy of foreign troops in the Afghan capital during rush hour-traffic
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28 November 2015: A suicide bomber targeted a senior member of Afghanistan's election commission in Kabul on Saturday, killing his driver and wounding several passersby
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11 December: A Taliban car bomb explosion hit a diplomatic area of central Kabul, killing a Spanish police officer and wounding seven civilians
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21 décembre 2015: Le Helmand menacé par une offensive des talibans
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21 décembre: Six soldats de l'Otan en mission près de Kaboul ont été tués dans un attentat suicide des talibans
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24 décembre: L'armée essaie de briser le siège de Sangin
February 2016:
1 February 2016 Kabul bombing
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6 February 2016: Four-country talks in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad resume to revive Afghan peace plan
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14 février 2016: En Afghanistan 11'002 civils sont tué ou blessé en 2015, a rapporté dimanche l'ONU dans son bilan annuel
April 2016:
12 April 2016: Taliban announce start of 'spring offensive', pledging to launch large-scale attacks, suicide bombs and guerrilla warfare
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17 April 2016: An increasing number of Afghan civilians are killed and injured at the hands of government forces fighting extremist groups, according to UN's report, showing a 70% rise in civilian casualties caused by pro-government forces, with 127 killed and 242 wounded in the first three months of 2016, as a total of 600 civilians (including many children) were killed and 1,343 injured during that period
19 April 2016:
19 April 2016 Kabul attack
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19 April: Several people have been killed and scores injured after a Taliban car bomb exploded in a crowded area of Kabul near ministries, and a gun battle ensued between attackers and security forces
May-June 2016:
25 mai: Dix personnes ont été tuées et quatre blessées dans une attaque visant un minibus transportant des employés d'un tribunal dans la banlieue ouest de Kaboul
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20 June 2016: Suicide bombing claimed by Taliban in Kabul kills 14 Nepalese security guards, while another attack in country’s north kills at least eight people
June 2016:
30 June 2016 Afghanistan bombings
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30 juin: Au moins 27 morts dans une attaque contre un convoi dans un quartier populaire de l'ouest de Kaboul
July/August 2016:
23 July 2016 Kabul bombing
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24 July 2016: At least 80 people have been killed and 231 others injured in twin suicide bombings at a demonstration in Kabul of thousands of Hazara over the route of a planned multi-million-dollar power line
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24 July 2016: Relatives of some of those killed in a big suicide attack in Kabul searched through a bloodied assortment of belongings left after the twin blasts as they prepared for funerals on Sunday in a mood of growing anger with political leaders
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1 August 2016: Taliban claim responsibility for blast in Pul-e-Charkhi neighbourhood of Afghan capital that occurred at same time as widespread power cuts, also killing a police officer in the attack
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4 August: A group of western tourists, including eight Britons, three USA citizens and one German. on a sightseeing adventure tour of Afghanistan have been ambushed by Taliban gunmen
September-November 2016:
29 September 2016: Suspected USA drone strike on a home in eastern Afghanistan, where civilians were sleeping after having gathered to welcome home a tribal elder from hajj pilgrimage, has killed at least 15 civilians and injured another 13, according to the United Nations, calling for an independent inquiry
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3 October: Taliban launch coordinated assault on Afghan city of Kunduz
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10/11 November 2016: Attack on German consulate in the northern Mazar-i-Sharif with a car packed with explosives, reportedly killing at least four people and wounding scores
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claimed by the Taliban in retaliation for Nato airstrike last week near the northern city of Kunduz, in which more than 30 people, many of them children, were killed
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12 November: At least 4 people killed as explosion hits USA Bagram Airfield base in Afghanistan, claimed by the Taliban
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21 November 2016: Dozens killed and more than 80 injured in attack on mosque in Afghan capital in latest attack targeting Shia community
2017:
6 February 2017: Civilian casualty toll in 2016 was highest in 15 years, with 923 children killed and 2,589 injured, mainly from ground engagements
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according to the UN, which has documented 11,418 casualties, including 3,498 deaths
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7 February: Dozens killed in suicide blast at Afghanistan's supreme court, which happened as judicial staff were leaving work for the day in country’s capital
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8 February 2017: Six Afghan Red Cross aid workers killed in an ambush in the country’s north while travelling through Dasht-e Leili to a remote area to deliver humanitarian aid
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12 February 2017: USA airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Helmand province may have been responsible for the deaths of at least 18 civilians, mostly women and children, according to the UN and local sources
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1 March 2017: Multiple attacks in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, claimed by Taliban
March 2017 Kabul attack:
8 March 2017 Kabul attack
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8 March 2017: 'Islamic State' terrorist claims responsibility for Kabul hospital attack by fake doctors, that left at least 49 people dead and an unknown number injured
April/May 2017 and Mazar-i-Sharif attack:
14 April 2017: Up to 36 suspected Islamic State militants were killed in the Achin district of Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, when the USA dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb GBU-43/B ever used in combat, targeting a 'tunnel complex’
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21/22 April 2017: More than 100 Afghan soldiers were killed and wounded
after Taliban suicide attackers disguised as army personnel targeted a national army base in Mazar-i-Sharif
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4 May 2017: Fear and doubt as notorious 'butcher of Kabul' Gulbuddin Hekmatyar returns with talk of peace
3 May 2017 Kabul attack:
3 May 2017: Suicide attack on Nato convoy in Kabul kills at least eight Afghan civilians, wounding three USA service members
31 May and 3 June 2017 Kabul attacks:
31 May 2017 Kabul attack
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31 May 2017: At least 80 killed, 350 injured in massive Kabul car bombing, also damaging French, German embassies
in diplomatic quarter
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3 June 2017 Kabul attack
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3 June 2017: At least seven people have been killed and more than 119 wounded in three separate explosions at a high-profile funeral in Kabul for one of several protesters killed on Friday at a large demonstration calling for the resignation of the government after the large truck bomb killed nearly 100 people on Wednesday
June/July 2017:
15 June 2017: At least four people have been killed in Kabul after a suicide bomber and gunmen attacked Shia mosque in western Kabul where worshippers had gathered, in latest of a string of attacks on civilians in Afghanistan during holy month of Ramadan
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18 June 2017: Dozens of people have been killed or wounded after up to five suicide bombers attacked a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan's Gardez city, the capital of Paktia province, on Sunday
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22 June 2017: At least 15 people have been killed in suicide car bombing in the capital of Afghanistan’s Helmand province
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24 July 2017: Dozens dead in Kabul bombing targeting government workers
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31 July 2017: 'Islamic State' terrorists claim Iraqi embassy suicide attack in Kabul
August 2017:
1 August 2017: A suicide attack on a Shia mosque in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan reportedly killed at least 29 people and wounded more than 64
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2 August 2017: Two USA soldiers killed in Taliban suicide bomb attack on a Nato convoy near Kandahar
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6 August 2017: Unidentified militants, reported to be Taliban and Isis attacked a village in the northern Afghan province of Sar-e Pul, torching 30 houses and killing as many as 50 people, including women and children, according to officials
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26 August 2017: 'Islamic State' terrorist group claims responsibility for an attack on a mosque in Kabul after suicide bomb and gun battle kills at least 30 people
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29 August 2017: At least four people were killed and several others injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a bank close to the USA embassy compound in Kabul
October 2017:
14 October 2017: Afghan officials say USA drone strike killed militants in Kunar province on Thursday but local MP claims victims were civilians
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17 October 2017: Police officers and civilians are killed as wave of Taliban attacks on Afghan forces kills at least 74, targeting government facilities in south, east and west of country
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19 October 2017: Taliban suicide bombers have killed at least 43 Afghan soldiers by ramming two stolen Humvees strapped with explosives into an army base
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29 October 2017: More than 70 people have been killed in twin suicide bombings on mosques in Afghanistan
November 2017:
4 November 2017: USA airstrikes have killed scores of civilians in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, according to officials and residents in the area, a fierce battleground that has been hit by several errant USA airstrikes in recent years
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14 novembre 2017: Une trentaine de policiers et militaires afghans ont été tués depuis lundi dans une série d'attaques meurtriers talibanes contre des points de contrôle
December 2017:
17 December 2017: At least 11 Afghan plice killed In Taliban attack in the southern province of Helmand
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22 December 2017: Six police officers in Maiwand district in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar Province have been killed in a suicide car bombing, claimed by the Taliban
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25 December 2017: A suicide attacker on foot blew himself up near a compound belonging to the Afghan intelligence agency in Kabul on Monday, reportedly killing six civilians and wounding three others
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28 December 2017: Dozens of people, many of them students, have been killed in a suicide attack on an office of the Afghan Voice news agency and a neighbouring cultural centre in Kabul
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31 décembre 2017: Au moins quinze personnes ont trouvé la mort et quatorze autres ont été blessées par un kamikaze qui s'est fait exploser lors de funérailles à Nangarhar dans l'est du pays
January 2018:
4 January 2018: A suicide attacker blew himself up near a crowd of police and protesters in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 25 others
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12 janvier 2018: Treize combattants ont été tués lors des frappes américaines menées dans l'est de l'Afghanistan sur une milice progouvernementale afghane, après une attaque apparente d'un élément infiltré
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21 January 2018: Afghan forces end Kabul hotel siege that left at least six dead, claimed by Taliban
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24 January 2018: Four gunmen have stormed the Save the Children office in Jalalabad, killing at least two people and wounding 14, in an attack claimed by Islamic State terrorists
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27 January 2018: A bomb hidden in an ambulance reportedly killed and wounded scores of people at an Afghan police checkpoint in an area of Kabul near foreign embassies and government buildings
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29 January 2018: 11 Afghan soldiers and four attackers die in assault on well-defended Marshal Fahim military academy in Kabul
February/March 2018:
24 February 2018: At least 23 people were killed and more than a dozen wounded in multiple suicide bombings and attacks, as Taliban fighters stormed an army base in the western province of Farah, the latest in a series of assaults in the war-torn country
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2 mars 2018: Une voiture-suicide a percuté un convoi de l'ambassade d'Australie dans l'est de Kaboul, faisant au moins un mort, un enfant de 12 ans, et 22 blessés
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9 mars 2018: Un kamikaze à pied s'est fait exploser vendredi dans un quartier chiite de Kaboul, tuant au moins sept personnes
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21 mars 2018: Un attentat suicide a fait au moins vingt-six morts devant l'université de Kaboul et une vingtaine de personnes ont été blessées dans l'explosion durant les célébrations de Norouz, le Nouvel an perse
April/May 2018:
30 April 2018: A coordinated double suicide bombing hit central Kabul on Monday morning, killing at least 25 people
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including six journalists, an AFP photographer and a cameraman for a local TV station, and wounding at least 45 people, Afghan officials say
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7 May 2018: Rockets and heavy machine guns fired from Afghan government helicopters killed and wounded at least 107 boys and men attending a religious ceremony near Kunduz last month, according to a UN report
July/August 2018:
10 juillet 2018: Dix personnes dont huit civils ont été tuées mardi dans un attentat-suicide dans l'est du pays, qui visait un véhicule des forces de sécurité afghanes
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15 July 2018: Civilian deaths in Afghanistan at record high, UN says, as surge in Isis suicide attacks blamed for 1% rise to 1,692 fatalities in first half of year
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10 August 2018: Taliban fighters armed with heavy weapons have tried to overrun provincial capital Ghazni, attacking security forces and killing at least 14 police officers before being pushed back, as USA attack helicopters and drone aircraft provided government forces with air support
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13 August 2018: Reinforcements are being sent to aid Afghan forces as they continue to battle the Taliban for control of Ghazni city
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14 août 2018: Au moins quatorze soldats ont perdu la vie mardi, lors d'une attaque menée par des talibans contre la base de Chenaya dans le nord de l'Afghanistan, l'assaut sur Ghazi continue
20 August 2018: Fighting continues to free 21 remaining hostages, after Afghan forces have rescued 149 people, including children, who were abducted by the Taliban hours earlier in the northern Kunduz province following conditional ceasefire announcement by Afghan president Ashraf Ghani
September/October 2018:
23 septembre 2018: Huit enfants, dont quatre de la même famille, ont été tués dans le nord-ouest de l'Afghanistan quand l'obus de mortier avec lequel ils jouaient a explosé
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7 October 2018: Beheadings, roadside bombs and airstrikes, on the anniversary of the start of the latest war in Afghanistan, an investigation into a 24-hour period shows how fiercely the conflict continues
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7 octobre 2018: Les assauts répétés des talibans ont coûté la vie à au moins dix policiers dans la province de Wardak dans le centre de l'Afghanistan
November 2018:
23 November 2018: An explosion ripped through a mosque inside an Afghan army base in eastern Khost province as Friday prayers were drawing to a close, killing 27 soldiers and wounding 57
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26 November 2018: At least 20 policemen have been killed when the Taliban ambushed a police convoy in western Farah province, reportedly on its way to the Lash wa Juwayn district to introduce newly appointed district police chief
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28 November 2018: At least 30 Afghan civilians reportedly killed in USA air strike in Helmand province
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29 November 2018: 5 employees of the security firm G4S, one British and four Afghan, have been killed in a Taliban bomb and gun attack on the company’s compound in Kabul
December 2018:
11 décembre 2018: Quatre membres des forces de sécurité afghanes ont été tués et six blessés lors d'une attaque-suicide contre leur convoi mardi matin dans un district proche de Kaboul, revendiquée par les talibans
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24/25 December 2018: At least 43 people killed in attack on Kabul government compound, as Afghan officials blame Taliban for car bomb and gun attack, after hours-long shootout prompts terrified workers to jump out of windows several floors up
January 2019:
11 January 2019: Civilian deaths and injuries in Afghanistan from explosive weapons rose by more than a third last year, against a downward trend globally, according to a report by 'Action on Armed Violence'
21 January 2019 Maidan Shar attack:
21 January 2019 Maidan Shar military compound attack by the Taliban, killing over 100 Afghan National Security Forces members
February 2019 UN report:
24 February 2019: A record number of civilians were killed in Afghanistan in 2018 according to a UN report, which blames an increase in suicide bombings by 'Islamic State' terrorists, Taliban insurgents and airstrikes by USA-led coalition forces, saying 3,804 civilians were killed in 2018 and another 7,189 were wounded
March 2019:
2 March 2019: Taliban targeted Afghan and foreign forces at a government army camp in Helmand province, which is a major source of the world's illegal opium supply, killing at least 23 people, wounding other troops, and claiming responsibility for attack even as negotiators meet for talks with USA peace envoy in Qatar
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22 March 2019: Two USA service members have been killed during an operation in Afghanistan, officials say
April 2019:
24 avril 2019: Les forces internationales ont été responsables de la mort de 305 civils au premier trimestre 2019, contre 227 pour les groupes insurgés, tandis que la plupart des décès sont intervenus lors de bombardements aériens américains ou de missions de reconnaissance au sol, menées essentiellement par les forces afghanes, dont certaines 'semblent agir en toute impunité', selon le rapport de la Mission d'assistance des Nations unies en Afghanistan, demandant des enquêtes
May 2019:
5 May 2019: Beginning with a suicide bombing, Taliban terrorists have attacked the police headquarters in the northern Afghan city of Pul-e-Khumri, as hospital sources say at least 40 people have lost their lives or have been seriously injured
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8 May 2019: The Taliban have killed at least five people in a suicide attack on the offices of a USA aid group in the heart of the Afghan capital, claiming it targeted 'Counterpart International' because it promoted women 'mixing' with men
July 2019:
1 juillet 2019: Au moins une personne est morte et une cinquantaine d'écoliers ont été blessés par l'explosion lundi d'une voiture piégée, suivie de l'irruption d'assaillants armés dans un bâtiment du centre de Kaboul, revendiquée par les talibans
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6 juillet 2019: Au moins 14 personnes ont été tuées et des dizaines d'autres blessées lorsqu'un marché dans le nord de l'Afghanistan a été atteint par des tirs de mortiers, attribués aux talibans
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30 July 2019: More Afghan civilians were killed by Afghan and Nato forces than by the Taliban and other militants in the first half of 2019, according to UN figures, blaming 717 deaths on pro-Kabul forces and 531 on militants, confirming similar findings for the first quarter of the year
31 August 2019 Taliban attack on Kunduz:
31 August 2019: The Taliban have launched a new attack on Afghanistan’s city of Kunduz, even as the insurgent group continued negotiations with the USA on ending USA's longest war
8 September 2019 Taliban threats:
8 September 2019: Taliban warns of more USA dead after Trump says he cancelled peace talks, asking 'what kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthen their bargaining position', following a rising number of Taliban terror attacks in 2019, killing many civilians and USA soldiers ahead of September presidential election
11 September 2019 rocket blast in Kabul:
11 September 2019: Rocket blast at USA Embassy in Kabul on 9/11 anniversary
19 September 2019 USA drone strike:
19 September 2019: USA drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State hideout in Afghanistan has killed at least 30 civilians who were resting after harvesting pine nuts
23 September 2019 anti-Taliban raid went wrong:
23 September 2019: At least 24 civilians were killed Monday during a raid conducted by Afghan special forces on Taliban hideouts in the southern Helmand province, wounding another 12, provincial officials said
29 September 2019:
29 September 2019: An airstrike by USA-led forces overnight in eastern Afghanistan killed at least five civilians, according to local villagers, carrying the bodies of the dead to the province's capital of Ghazni, as USA military in Kabul confirmed airstrikes in the nearby Khoja Omari and Khogyani districts killing 11 Taliban fighters, but did not confirm civilian casualties, and as Saturday's vote was marred by violence, Taliban threats and widespread allegations of mismanagement and abuse
October 2019 anger grows at civilian deaths by USA forces:
6 October 2019: Anger grows at civilian deaths by USA and Afghan forces, after workers, sleeping on the mountainside where they had spent a long day harvesting pine nuts, were targeted by feared USA airstrike despite waved aside warnings
December 2019:
4 décembre 2019: Un médecin japonais responsable d'une ONG et cinq afghans ont été tués dans une attaque visant leur véhicule à l'est de l'Afghanistan
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26 December 2019: A powerful suicide car bombing targeted an Afghan army compound in the country's north, killing six Afghan soldiers, the defense ministry said, terrorist group Taliban quickly claimed responsibility for the attack
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28 décembre 2019: Dix soldats afghans ont été tués dans une attaque des talibans contre une base militaire dans la province septentrionale de Helmand samedi
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30 December 2019: Taliban targeted a pro-government militia compound in northern Afghanistan before dawn on Monday, killing 14 people including a policeman, as the Taliban quickly claimed responsibility for the attack
1 January 2020 murderous Taliban attacks:
1 January 2020: The Taliban unleashed a new wave of attacks in northern Afghanistan, targeting members of the country's security forces and killing at least 26, local officials said
29 February 2020 USA and terrorist group Taliban sign deal aimed at ending war in Afghanistan:
29 February 2020: USA and terrorist group Taliban sign deal aimed at ending war in Afghanistan, demanding further talks involving Afghan factions, as prospects for Afghanistan’s future remain uncertain icluding questions concerning terror victims and gains made in women’s rights since the toppling of the Taliban, which had repressed women and girls under a strict brand of Sharia law
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29 February 2020 USA and Taliban agreement
2 March 2020 terrorist group Taliban ends truce and peace in Afghanistan:
2 mars 2020: Les talibans ont annoncé lundi mettre un terme à la trêve partielle instaurée le 22 février et reprendre leur offensive contre les forces de sécurité afghanes, un attentat a fait au moins trois morts et 11 blessés
20 March 2020 police and army personnel killed in an apparent insider attack:
20 March 2020: At least 17 police and army personnel were killed in an apparent insider attack at a joint military and police base, taking place in southern Zabul province, a Taliban stronghold
28 March 2020 Taliban refuses to talk to Afghan government's negotiating team:
28 March 2020: Taliban refuses to talk to Afghan government's negotiating team including politicians, former officials, representatives of civil society and 5 women, as group’s refusal represents a setback for USA-brokered peace talks
30 March 2020 deadly Taliban attacks in Afghanistan's north and south:
30 March 2020: Taliban attacks in Afghanistan's north and south have killed at least 11 Afghan soldiers and policemen, coming and answering after president Ghani last week announced his 21-member team to negotiate peace with the Taliban
20 April 2020 wave of deadly Taliban attacks:
20 April 2020: After release of up to 5,000 Taliban prisoners, now a wave of Taliban attacks on checkpoints across Afghanistan has killed 29 members of the security forces, according to officials,
21 April 2020 two more deadly bombings in Afghanistan:
21 April 2020: Two more deadly bombings in Afghanistan's central Day Kundi provinc and eastern Khost province
21 July 2020 in self defense Afghan girl Qamar Gul shot dead three Taliban assailants:
21 July 2020: In self defense Afghan girl shot dead three Taliban fighters after they killed her parents because they supported the government, according to local officials saying the incident happened last week when a group of 40 assailants stormed the village of Geriveh, in central Ghor province, where 16-year-old Qamar Gul was living with her parents and brother, and as several other Taliban fighters reportedly joined the attack, but some villagers and pro-government militia men expelled them after a gunfight and took Qamar Gul and her younger brother to a safe place in the provincial capital
22/23 July 2020 more than a dozen Afghan officers, scores of Taliban militants and civilians killed as violence escalates:
22 July 2020: Over a dozen Afghan security personnel and scores of Taliban militants have been killed in attacks across the country as violence continues to surge despite an initial peace deal
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23 July 2020: A government airstrike killed at least 14 people in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, many of them women and children, according to witnesses
August 2020 Afghanistan attacks:
August 2020 Afghanistan attacks, multiple Islamic state's and Taliban attacks that left at least 165 people dead, and another 177 Afghan citizens were injured
12 September 2020 Afghan government - Taliban negotiations in Doha:
12 September 2020 Afghan government - Taliban negotiations in Doha, as Afghan government team also comprises of women's rights activists
20 September 2020 Afghan airstrikes killed Taliban fighters and civilians:
20 September 2020: Afghan Defense Ministry said airstrikes killed 30 Taliban fighters, but added an investigation was being held into claims that civilians were among those killed, as two witnesses contacted by the AP said that most of those killed in Saturday’s airstrikes, which struck the village of Sayed Ramazan in northern Kunduz province, were civilians, as Khanabad district in the province where the village is located is Taliban controlled
3 October 2020 civilians killed in car bomb attack:
3 octobre 2020: Au moins quinze personnes, principalement des civils, ont été tuées et plus de quarante blessées dans un attentat au camion piégé samedi, quand l’attaque ciblait un bâtiment administratif dans l’est de l’Afghanistan
11-13 October 2020 Afghanistan attacks:
11-13 October 2020 Afghanistan attacks
13 October 2020 thousands of families flee fighting in southern Afghan province:
13 October 2020: Thousands of families have been forced to flee fighting in the southern province of Helmand, an area that has become a battleground between Taliban militants and government forces, as Mohammad Ramin, head of the province's refugee office, told RFE/RL that most of the more than 5,000 families that left were relocated to the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah
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13 October 2020: UVIED blast reported in Kabul’s Paghman district on October 13
18 October 2020 civilians killed in Firuzkuh car bomb attack:
18 octobre 2020: Une voiture piégée ayant pris pour cible le siège de la police afghane à Feroz Koh dans la province de Ghor (ouest) a tué dimanche au moins douze civils et fait une centaine de blessés, selon les autorités
22 October 2020 deadly air strike in the northern Afghan province of Takhar:
22 October 2020: At least 12 civilians have been killed in an air strike on a religious school in the northern Afghan province of Takhar, according to local officials, saying the strike on the madrassa in the village of Hazara Qurluq killed 11 children and their prayer leader, as Afghan government disputed the account, saying it had killed 12 Taliban fighters in the village
24 October 2020 deadly suicide bomb attack in Kabul:
24 October 2020: At least 18 dead in suicide bomb attack in Kabul as explosion struck outside education centre in Shia neighbourhood in Afghan city
2 November 2020 at least 19 people dead after gunmen storm Kabul University:
2 November 2020: Gunmen have stormed Kabul University as it was hosting a book fair attended by the Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan, leading to a gun battle lasting several hours and leaving at least 19 people dead and 22 wounded
7 November 2020 many civilians killed and wounded on Saturday:
7 November 2020: A flatbed carrying several farmers hit a roadside mine killing five and wounding at least two others, as a bomb attached to the vehicle of a former presenter on Afghanistan’s Tolo TV has exploded, killing the journalist and two other civilians, Kabul police have said, as separately on Saturday a suicide bomb attack in the southern Zabul province killed two civilians, wounding seven more
21 November 2020 three citizens die in rocket attacks on Afghan capital:
21 November 2020: Three citizens die in rocket attacks on Afghan capital, as explosions come ahead of separate scheduled meetings between Mike Pompeo, Taliban and Afghan government officials in Doha
29 November 2020 deadly car bombing in Afghanistan’s central province of Ghazni:
29 November 2020: A car bombing in the Afghanistan’s central province of Ghazni killed at least 30 Afghan security force members, and casualties could increase given the intensity and location of the blast
12 December 2020 deadly rocket attack on Kabul:
12 décembre 2020: Un civil a été tué et deux autres blessés dans les tirs de dix roquettes à Kaboul samedi matin, selon le ministère de l’Intérieur, la deuxième attaque de ce genre dans la capitale afghane en moins d’un mois
18 December 2020 bomb blast kills 15 children in Afghanistan's Gilan:
18 December 2020: A bomb rigged to a rickshaw has killed at least 15 children and wounded 20 others in a Taliban-controlled area in eastern Afghanistan's Gilan district, a provincial official said, as violence in the war-weary country continued to surge
20 December 2020 Kabul terror attack and killed children:
20 décembre 2020: L’explosion d’une voiture piégée a fait dimanche huit morts dont des enfants et plus de 15 blessés à Kaboul, une nouvelle fois frappée par des attaques sanglantes, ont annoncé les autorités afghanes
16 January 2021 deadly Taliban attack:
16 janvier 2021: Une attaque commise par deux insurgés talibans infiltrés au sein d’une milice progouvernementale a fait douze victimes vendredi soir dans l’ouest de l’Afghanistan
17 January 2021 two female judges shot dead in Kabul as wave of killings continues:
17 January 2021: Two female judges shot dead in Kabul as wave of killings continues, and as assassination of supreme court judges follows months of increased violence in Afghanistan
Environment of Afghanistan:
Environment of Afghanistan
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Natural history of Afghanistan
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Geology of Afghanistan
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Climate of Afghanistan
Ecoregions in Afghanistan:
List of ecoregions in Afghanistan
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Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe
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Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows
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Protected areas of Afghanistan
Retreat of glaciers in the Himalayas and Central Asia:
Retreat of glaciers in the Himalayas and Central Asia
Water in Afghanistan:
Water in Afghanistan
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Bodies of water of Afghanistan
Rivers of Afghanistan:
Rivers of Afghanistan
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List of rivers of Afghanistan
-
List of dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan
Water supply in Afghanistan:
Water supply in Afghanistan
2018 escalating water crisis:
11 July 2018: As Afghanistan’s water crisis escalates, more effective water governance could bolster regional stability
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10 October 2018: UN stated that water scarcity is a rising cause for displacement in Afghanistan, saying that the groundwater level has declined by 1.4 mm between 2004-2012, and that 22 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces are facing drought today, as there are 1.5 million Afghans, approximately 4% of the population, that are displaced and 448,000 were added in 2017 alone
Environmental issues in Afghanistan:
Environmental issues
in Afghanistan, including pollution, climate change, deforestation, domestic, industrial and nuclear waste - forests and wetlands have been depleted by centuries of grazing and farming, practices which have only increased with modern population growth and with 80% of the population dependent on herding or farming
Pollution and air pollution in Afgahnistan:
Pollution and air pollution in Afgahnistan
Deforestation in Afghanistan:
Deforestation in Afghanistan
2017 climate change 'death sentence' for Afghanistan's highlands:
28 August 2017: How climate change is a 'death sentence' in Afghanistan's highlands
February 2018 drought and climate change effects in Afghanistan:
12 February 2018: Drought and climate change effects in Afghanistan
July 2019 climate change significant obstacle for farmers:
10 July 2019: Climate change is a significant obstacle for farmers in the least developed countries like Afghanistan and adaptation support is exceptionally scarce
Natural disasters in Afghanistan:
Natural disasters in Afghanistan
Drought in Afghanistan:
Drought
in Afghanistan
February 2018 drought and climate change effects in Afghanistan:
12 February 2018: Drought and climate change effects in Afghanistan
Floods and landslides in Afghanistan:
Floods
in Afghanistan
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Many provinces in Afghanistan vulnerable to floods
2012/2013 floods:
21 May 2012: Flood waters ravaged the provincial capital Sar-e-Pul in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 19 people and destroying hundreds of homes
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4 August 2012: Flash floods in Afghanistan kill more than 40 people
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August 2013 Pakistan–Afghanistan floods
2014 floods:
25 April 2014: More than 100 people have been killed and thousands left homeless by flash floods in north and west Afghanistan
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May 2014 Badakhshan mudslides
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3 May 2014: Rescuers are sifting through mud for a second day after a deadly landslide in Badakhshan
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June 2014 Baghlan floods
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7 June 2014: Flooding in Baghlan province kills more than 80 people and forces thousands to flee their homes
July 2018 landslide:
12 juillet 2018: Une coulée de boue provoquée par le débordement d'un lac de montagne a fait au moins 10 morts et emporté des centaines de maisons dans la vallée du Panjshir, selon le ministère de la gestion des catastrophes naturelles
Avalanches and weather events in Afghanistan:
Avalanches
in Afghanistan
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Weather events
in Afghanistan
2008 blizzard:
2008 Afghanistan blizzard
2015 avalanches:
In February 2015 a total of 40 avalanches in Panjshir Province, Afghanistan killed at least 310 people, and another 129 were wounded
2017 avalanches:
4 février 2017: Les avalanches et le froid ont tué plus d'une vingtaine de personnes en deux jours en Afghanistan, dont des femmes et des enfants
13 January 2020 severe winter kills 48 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan:
13 January 2020: Severe winter weather has struck parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, with heavy snowfall, rains and flash floods that left at least 48 people dead
Earthquakes in Afghanistan:
Earthquakes
in Afghanistan
October 2015 Afghanistan earthquake:
October 2015 Afghanistan earthquake
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26 October 2015: Afghanistan, India and Pakistan rocked by earthquake
Armenia
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Geography of Armenia
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History of Armenia
-
Demographics of Armenia
Economy of Armenia:
Economy of Armenia
- main industries include diamond-processing, metal-cutting machine tools, forging-pressing machines, electric motors, tires, knitted wear, hosiery, shoes, silk fabric, chemicals, trucks, instruments, microelectronics, jewelry manufacturing, software development, food processing, brandy
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List of companies of Armenia
Industry in Armenia:
Industry in Armenia
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Companies of Armenia by industry
USA-owned firms in Armenia:
Armenia-USA economic relations, as approximately 70 USA-owned firms currently do business in Armenia, including Dell, Microsoft, IBM, and as recent major USA investment projects include the Hotel Armenia/Marriott, the Hotel Ani Plaza, Tufenkian Holdings (carpet and furnishing production, hotels, and construction), several subsidiaries of USA-based information technology firms, including Viasphere Technopark, an IT incubator, Synopsys, jewelry and textile production facilities, several copper and molybdenum mining companies, and the Hovnanian International Construction Company
Mineral industry and mines in Armenia:
Mineral industry is one of the main sectors of the Armenian economy and as of 2011 accounted for over half of the country's exports
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Mines in Armenia
Copper mines in Armenia:
Copper mines in Armenia
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Ankasar mine having estimated reserves of 1.2 billion tonnes of ore grading 0.49% copper and 0.2% molybdenum
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Kajaran copper and molybdenum mine
Gold and iron mines in Armenia:
Kapan mine is one of the largest gold mines in the Armenia and in the world
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Svarants mine having estimated reserves of 1.5 billion tonnes of ore grading 40% iron
Agriculture in Armenia:
Agriculture in Armenia
- in 2006 46% of the work force was employed in agriculture and agriculture contributed 21% of the country's GDP - principal agricultural products are grains, potatoes, vegetables, grapes and fruits
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Armenian wine
Water in Armenia:
Water
in Armenia
Rivers and lakes of Armenia:
Rivers and lakes of Armenia
Water supply and sanitation in Armenia:
Water supply and sanitation in Armenia
-
Water privatization in Armenia
Tourism in Armenia:
Tourism in Armenia
-
Visitor attractions in Armenia
-
World Heritage Sites in Armenia
Banking in Armenia:
Banking
in Armenia
-
List of banks in Armenia
Central Bank of Armenia:
Central Bank of Armenia
2015-2017 Strategy for Maintaining Financial Stability:
2015-2017 Strategy for Maintaining Financial Stability
Since 2001 'Armenia Securities Exchange AMX' stock exchange:
Since 2001 'Armenia Securities Exchange AMX' and 'Funded Pension System', the only stock exchange currently operating in Armenia located in Yerevan
November 2007 OMX buys Armenian stock exchange:
21 November 2007: Nordic and Baltic stock exchange company OMX OMX.ST said it had bought the Armenian stock exchange and the Central Depository of Armenia, as terms were not disclosed
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Nasdaq Nordic, the common name for the subsidiaries of Nasdaq, Inc. that provide financial services and operate marketplaces for 'securities' in the Nordic, Baltic, and Caucasian regions of Europe
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23 August 2016: Nordic Large Cap
17 February 2014 Armenia’s president supports cabinet in implementing the funded pension system reform:
17 February 2014: Armenia’s president Sargsyan has fully supported the cabinet in implementing the funded pension system reform
Since August 2016 Nordic Large Cap:
23 August 2016: Nordic Large Cap
Economic history of Armenia and economic cycles:
Economic history
of Armenia
Since 1991 history of the modern Armenian economy:
Since 1991 history of the modern Armenian economy
2000-2019 growth, increase and decline of GDP in Armenia:
2000-2019 growth, increase and decline of GDP in Armenia
April 2020 unemployment rate of Armenia 18.964%:
20 April 2020: 2017-2020 unemployment rate of Armenia in percent of total labor force 17.800, 20.400, 17.707 and 18.964 today, according to the IMF
Wealth and billionaires in Armenia:
Wealth in Armenia
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Armenian billionaires
Karapetyan, political corruption of the Republican Party of Armenia and RPA-affiliated oligarchs:
Samvel Karapetyan, a Russian-Armenian billionaire, who owns the Tashir Group conglomerate, in 2013 the richest ethnic Armenian in the world
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Allegations of political corruption of the Republican Party of Armenia and RPA-affiliated oligarchs
January 2018 Karapetyan named in USA Treasury Department's 'Putin list':
In January 2018 Karapetyan named by the USA Treasury Department in the 'Putin list', consisting of 114 senior political figures and 96 oligarchs, all of whom rose to prominence under Russian war criminal Vladimir Putin
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30 January 2018; The full 'Putin list' of Russian oligarchs and political figures released by the USA Treasury
9 May 2019 Samvel Karapetyan and Danil Khachaturov in USA black books:
9 May 2019: Samvel Karapetyan and Danil Khachaturov in USA black books
Labor in Armenia:
Labor in Armenia
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Trade unions in Armenia
Armenia's social protection system after 1990:
Armenia's social protection system after 1990
Taxation and budget in Armenia:
Taxation
in Armenia
2013/2014 state budget increasing public spending by roughly 10%:
12 December 2013: Government pushed through the parliament its draft state budget 2014 that aims to maintain fiscal austerity while increasing public spending by roughly 10%
Armed Forces of Armenia:
Armed Forces
of Armenia
Politics of Armenia:
Politics of Armenia
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1995 Constitution of Armenia
Political parties snf programs of political parties in Armeniain:
List of political parties in Armenia
-
Programs of political parties in Armenia
Trade unions in Armenia:
Trade unions in Armenia
Parliament and government of Armenia:
National Assembly of Armenia
-
Government of the Republic of Armenia, an executive council of government ministers and one of the three main governmental branches headed by the Prime Minister of Armenia
Elections, referendums and politics in Armenia:
Elections in Armenia
July 1995 Armenian constitutional referendum:
5 July 1995 Armenian constitutional referendum, changes to the constitution were approved by 70.3% of voters with a turnout of 55.6%, establishing Armenia as a democratic, sovereign, social, and constitutional state
November 2005 Armenian constitutional referendum:
27 November 2005 Armenian constitutional referendum
6 May 2012 Armenian parliamentary election:
Armenian parliamentary election 6 May 2012
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7 May: Partial results show 44.41% of the vote for President Serzh Sarkisian's Republican party
18 February 2013 Armenian presidential election:
Armenian presidential election 18 February 2013
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17 February: Armenia president predicted to dominate polls
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19 February: Incumbent Serzh Sargsyan garners over 58% of vote, official results show, amid claims of voting violations
December 2015 Armenian constitutional referendum:
6 December 2015 Armenian constitutional referendum, proposing amendments to the constitution that would transform the country into a parliamentary republic and abolish direct presidential elections
April 2016:
25/26 April 2016: President Sarkisian has ordered police to tighten security after a massive explosion on a bus killed at least two passengers and wounded seven others
in Armenian capital Yerevan
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27 April: Explosion that devastated bus in Yerevan, killing two people and injuring seven, reportedly not the result of a terrorist attack
April 2017 Armenian parliamentary election:
2 April 2017 Armenian parliamentary election
March 2018 Armenian presidential election:
2 March 2018 Armenian presidential election, the first time in Armenia's history when the president was elected by the National Assembly instead of popular vote
March-October 2018 Armenian local elections:
March-October 2018 Armenian local elections
March-May 2018 Armenian velvet revolution:
March-May 2018 'Armenian Revolution', a series of anti-government protests staged by various political and civil groups led by a member of the Armenian parliament Nikol Pashinyan - head of the Civil Contract party -, as protests and marches took place initially in response to Serzh Sargsyan's third consecutive term as the most powerful figure in the government of Armenia and later against the Republican Party-controlled government in general, then declared as a 'Velvet Revolution'
April 2018 PM Sargsyan's resignation and Karen Karapetyan succeeded as acting PM:
23-25 April 2018: After PM Sargsyan announced his resignation and Karen Karapetyan succeeded Sargsyan as acting PM, Pashinian calls for renewed protests as talks with the Republican Party are cancelled
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26 April 2018: Armenia’s opposition secured another victory as the country’s parliament said it would hold a special session and new leader elections after weeks of protests and the resignation of its PM
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29 April 2018: Armenia’s ruling party will not put up a candidate for PM as it attempts to ease tensions after more than two weeks of street protests
1 May 2018 parliament's divisions:
1 mai 2018: Le parti au pouvoir a voté contre Nikol Pachinian, et sur les 100 députés ayant participé au scrutin 55 se sont exprimés contre et 45 pour la candidature du chef de la contestation antigouvernementale
2 May 2018 opposition protests:
2 May 2018: Opposition protests have resumed
across the capital Yerevan and Armenia, bringing cities to standstill
8 May 2018 Pashinyan beomces PM:
8 mai 2018: Le député Nikol Pachinian, un ancien journaliste et opposant de longue date, est devenu mardi le nouveau Premier ministre de l'Arménie, après avoir mené des manifestations antigouvernementales pendant une vingtaine de jours
20-27 May 2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes:
20-27 May 2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
September 2018 Yerevan City Council election:
23 September 2018 Yerevan City Council election
October 2018 demonstrations demanding the dissolution of the National Assembly of Armenia:
2 October 2018 protest, as demonstrations demanding the dissolution of the National Assembly of Armenia were held in the capital Yerevan and at other locations in Armenia in response to a vote by the National Assembly to block PM Pashinyan from disbanding the legislature and holding an election
November 2018:
1 novembre 2018: Le parlement d'Arménie a été dissout faute d'avoir réussi à désigner un premier ministre, législatives anticipées en décembre
December 2018 Armenian parliamentary election:
9 December 2018 Armenian parliamentary election
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10 December 2018: PM Nikol Pashinian wins convincing victory, as alliance, which includes Pashinyan’s Civil Contract Party, gets 70.4% of the vote on Sunday based on results from all polling stations
Since 14 January 2019 second Pashinyan government after 'My Step Alliance' decisive victory in 2018 elections:
Since 14 January 2019 second Pashinyan government is the current government of Armenia, as Nikol Pashinyan was appointed PM by president Sarkissian after 'My Step Alliance' decisive victory in parliamentary elections
5 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue after UN demanded an immediate end to fighting in September:
5 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue after UN Security Council on 30 September called for an immediate end to fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh
12 November 2020 PM Pashinyan under pressure:
12 novembre 2020: L’opposition arménienne tentait de mobiliser contre le Premier ministre Nikol Pachinian, l’accusant d’avoir trahi son pays en signant l’arrêt des hostilités au Nagorny Karabakh et en acceptant la rétrocession de vastes territoires à l’ennemi azerbaïdjanais
15 November 2020 Armenia says assassination attempt on PM thwarted as nation counts victims of Armenia/Azerbaijan war:
15 November 2020: Armenia says assassination attempt on PM thwarted, as former head of Armenia’s National Security Service Artur Vanetsyan was arrested on Saturday on charges of plotting to seize power, and as nation admits over 2,000 soldiers killed in nearly two months of clashes, and at least 143 civilians confirmed dead in fighting
Protests and social movements in Armenia:
Protests in
Armenia
2011 Armenian protests:
2011 Armenian protests
2013 Armenian protests:
2013 Armenian protests
2014:
11 October 2014: Over 10,000 opposition supporters rallied in the Armenian capital demanding a change in government and accusing the present rulers of failing to stem poverty and corruption
2015:
15 January: Thousands demonstrate against Kremlin influence after a Russian soldier is accused of killing a family of six
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24 June 2015: Armenia protests over steep increase in electricity prices by 17 to 22%, at the request of Electric Networks of Armenia owned by the Russian company Inter RAO, escalate after police turn on demonstrators and Russian regime compares demonstrations to Maidan movement in Ukraine
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28 June: Demonstrators welcome government's news, saying the president's concessions fell short of their demands for the planned price hikes of almost 20% to be fully reversed
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29 June: Activists remained overnight on the streets of multiple cities in Armenia with compromise proposals by the president failing to disperse protesters
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4 July 2015: Armenia opens probe into police violence against protesters
March-May 2018 Armenian 'velvet revolution':
March-May 2018 'Armenian Revolution', a series of anti-government protests staged by various political and civil groups led by a member of the Armenian parliament Nikol Pashinyan - head of the Civil Contract party -, as protests and marches took place initially in response to Serzh Sargsyan's third consecutive term as the most powerful figure in the government of Armenia and later against the Republican Party-controlled government in general, then declared as a 'Velvet Revolution'
April 2018 Armenian protests:
April 2018 Armenian protests, as various political and civil groups staged anti-government rallies and marches in Armenia since 12 April
23 April 2018:
23 April 2018: A large group of unarmed Armenian soldiers joined anti-government protests in Yerevan in a development the Armenian military said was illegal and would be harshly punished
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23 avril 2018: Le principal opposant arménien a été libéré
24 April 2018:
24 April 2018: A day after protests forced Serzh Sargsyan from office, tens of thousands march in a column in remembrance of the victims of the Armenian genocide
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24 April 2018: Pashinian calls for fresh elections and peaceful transition
25 April 2018:
25 April 2018: Opposition protests have resumed in Yerevan after talks broke down between the ruling Republican party and the opposition, which forced PM Sargsyan to resign on Monday
May 2018:
2 May 2018: Tens of thousands of people have converged on the Armenian capital, blocking roads and government buildings, after the ruling party rejected the opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan’s bid to become PM
October 2018 demonstrations demanding the dissolution of the National Assembly of Armenia:
2 October 2018 protest, as demonstrations demanding the dissolution of the National Assembly of Armenia were held in the capital Yerevan and at other locations in Armenia in response to a vote by the National Assembly to block PM Pashinyan from disbanding the legislature and holding an election
Summer 2020 impact of Armenian revolution during Belarusian protests:
Since summer 2020 during the 2020 Belarusian protests, the Armenian revolution was brought up as a model for Belarus for it lack of anti-Russian or pro-Western geopolitical orientation by commentators, but others rejected and criticized the notion
5 December 2020 Armenian protesters demand prime minister quit over conflict with Nagorno-Karabakh:
5 December 2020: Tens of thousands of opposition supporters have marched through the Armenian capital to call for the resignation of the country’s prime minister because of his handling of the conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, as several priests of the 'Armenian Apostolic church' joined the protest, denouncing Pashinyan for allowing Azerbaijan to take over some 'holy sites'
Society, demographics, culture and human rights in Armenia:
Armenian society
Human rights in Armenia:
Human rights in Armenia
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Religion in Armenia
-
Freedom of religion in Armenia
Municipalities and provinces of Armenia:
Municipalities
and
provinces
of Armenia
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First-level administrative divisions of Armenia and capitals
Gegharkunik province:
Gegharkunik province
of Armenia with its capital and largest city of Gavar, as Gegharkunik Province is located at the eastern part of Armenia, bordering Azerbaijan and the Shahumyan Region, and the largest province in Armenia
Cities and towns in Armenia:
List of
cities and towns in Armenia
Yerevan city:
Yerevan city
, the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities, situated along the Hrazdan River, as Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country and the capital since 1918
Timeline of Yerevan since 782 BCE:
Timeline of Yerevan since 782 BCE as settlement was founded by Argishti I of Urartu
Since 590 Katoghike Tsiranavor Church of Avan:
Since 590 Katoghike Tsiranavor Church of Avan, a ruined 6th century church located in the Avan district of Yerevan, the oldest surviving church inside Yerevan's city limits
Since 1582/1583 Ottoman empire's Erivan Fortress:
Since 1582/1583 Ottoman empire's Erivan Fortress, a 16th-century fortress in Yerevan built during the Ottoman rule but destroyed by an earthquake in 1679 and in 1853 ruined by another earthquake, as in 1865 the territory of the fortress was purchased by a merchant of the first guild who later built a brandy factory in the northern part of the fortress, completely demolished in 1930s
October 1827 capture of Erivan during the Russo-Persian War of 1826–28:
October 1827 capture of Erivan during the Russo-Persian War of 1826–28, as the city fell to the Russian empire after being besieged for a week and opened up the path for the eventual capture of Tabriz, the second largest city in Iran and an important trading post
1828 Erivan Khanate (present-day Armenia) and Nakhichevan Khanate (present-day Azerbaijan) ceded to the Russian Empire:
February 1828 Treaty of Turkmenchay as the Erivan Khanate (present-day Armenia) and Nakhichevan Khanate (present-day Azerbaijan) were ceded to the Russian Empire
1920-1991 Erivan capital of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic:
1920 Erivan becomes capital of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic until 1991
1965 Yerevan demonstrations:
April 1965 Yerevan demonstrations, considered the first step in the struggle for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide of 1915
1991 Armenian independence referendum:
1991 Armenian independence referendum
Demographics and ethnic groups in Armenia:
Demographics
of Armenia
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Ethnic groups in Armenia
-
Ethnic minorities in Armenia
Culture and languages of Armenia:
Culture of Armenia
-
Languages of Armenia
-
List of museums in Armenia
Education in Armenia:
Education in Armenia
-
Schools in Armenia
-
Universities in Armenia
Health in Armenia:
Health in Armenia
Media in Armenia:
Armenian media
-
List of newspapers in Armenia
Crime in Armenia:
Crime in Armenia
Corruption in Armenia:
Corruption in Armenia
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June 2014: Corruption reportedly remains pervasive in Armenia's judiciary, tax, customs and regulatory rules remain non-transparent and instances of unfair tender processes and preferential treatment within the Armenian procurement system persist
Human trafficking in Armenia:
Human trafficking in Armenia
Terrorism in Armenia:
Terrorism in Armenia
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27 October 1999 Armenian parliament shooting
Foreign relations of Armenia:
Foreign relations of Armenia
Treaties of Armenia:
Treaties of Armenia
Armenia and the United Nations:
Armenia and the
United Nations
Since 20th century Nagorno-Karabakh religious, ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan:
Since 20th century
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, an
religious, ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts, which are internationally recognized as de jure
part of Azerbaijan
2008 UN resolution which 'reaffirmed Azerbaijan's territorial integrity':
March 2008 UN General Assembly adopted a resolution which 'reaffirmed Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, expressing support for that country's internationally recognized borders and demanding the immediate withdrawal of all Armenian forces from all occupied territories there', adopted by a vote of 39 in favor to 7 against, while most countries either abstained or were absent
Bilateral relations of Armenia:
Bilateral relations of Armenia
Armenia/Azerbaijan relations:
Armenia/
Azerbaijan
relations
-
Armenians in Azerbaijan
-
Armenians once formed a sizable community in Baku but most Armenians fled the city in 1990
-
Azerbaijanis in Armenia, since 1988–1991 most Azerbaijanis fled the country as a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh War
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict:
Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict and war 1988-1994
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20 July 2012: Wahlsieg von Amtsinhaber Saakjan in Präsidentschaftswahlen - Kämpfe mit aserbeidschanischen Truppen
2012 song contest and clashes:
Armenia/Azerbaijan relations in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012
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6 June 2012: Deadly clashes along Azeri-Armenia border
2014 clashes:
4 August 2014: Bloody clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia over disputed territory
2015 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election:
3 May 2015 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election
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4 May 2015: European Union, USA, Azerbaijan and Turkey don't recognise 'the constitutional and legal framework' of Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election
2016 clashes and OSCE-backed peace talks:
2/3 April 2016: More than 30 people killed in clashes over separatist enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh
in the Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict
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5 avril 2016: Après 64 personnes ont trouvé la mort un accord a été trouvé pour faire cesser les combats dans la région du Nagorny-Karabakh
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26 April: Nagorno-Karabakh says two soldiers killed by gunfire from Azerbaijan
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27 April 2016: Nagorno-Karabakh says one soldier killed by Azeri gunfire
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17 May 2016: Armenia and Azerbaijan to hold OSCE-backed peace talks on Nagorno-Karabakh
March/April 2020 Artsakhian general election:
31 March 2020, 14 April 2020 second round of Artsakhian general election
July 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes:
July 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes near Tavush, when four Azeris were reportedly killed, and an Armenian fortification was reportedly destroyed by Azerbaijan
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14 July 2020: At least 16 people have been killed in fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan forces in the worst outbreak of hostilities in years, after skirmishes on the volatile border began on Sunday
Since 27 September 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict:
Since 27 September 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the ongoing armed conflict between the Azerbaijani and Armenian armed forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, as clashes began in the morning of 27 September 2020 along the Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact and both sides reported military and civilian casualties
27 September 2020 Armenia imposes martial law after clashes with Azerbaijan:
27 September 2020: Armenia has declared martial law and ordered the total mobilisation of its military after claiming to have destroyed several Azerbaijani aircraft and tanks in clashes over a disputed region
28 September clashes in the September 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict:
28 September clashes in the September 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
29 September casualties in the September 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh religious war:
29 September casualties in the September 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh religious war, already including many civilian victims
30 September 2020 clashes continued with lesser intensity overnight:
30 September 2020 clashes continued with lesser intensity overnight in Nagorno-Karabakh
1 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue:
1 October 2020: Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue
4 October 2020 after UN demanded an immediate end to fighting in September Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue:
4 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue after UN Security Council on 30 September called for an immediate end to fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh
5 October 2020 fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan has escalated:
5 October 2020: Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh has escalated dramatically after Baku accused Armenian forces of firing rockets at Azerbaijan’s second largest city of Ganja, which lies outside the contested territory
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5 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue after UN Security Council on 30 September called for an immediate end to fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh
6 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue:
6 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue
7 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan conflict continues:
7 octobre 2020: La moitié de la population du Karabakh déplacée
8 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes and diplaced people:
8 October 2020: Half of Nagorno-Karabakh population displaced by Armenia and Azerbaijan clashes
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8 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes
9 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue:
9 October 2020: Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue, as civilian and military casualties are rising
10 October 2020 shaky ceasefire between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces:
10 October 2020: A shaky ceasefire between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh entered into force on Saturday after a deal was struck in Moscow between Baku and Armenia to allow prisoners and the bodies of the dead to be exchanged, but it is unclear how long the calm will last amid claims that both sides have already breached ceasefire
Since 10 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan ceasefire and violations:
Since 10 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan ceasefire and violations
11 October 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh truce in jeopardy:
11 October 2020: Nagorno-Karabakh truce in jeopardy as accusations of violations fly, as Armenia and Azerbaijan accuse each other shelling civilian areas and escalating clashes, and as Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry said that overnight shelling by Armenian forces on country’s second largest city Ganja had left 7 people dead and 33 wounded including children, less than 24 hours after the halt to fighting was supposed to take effect
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Armenia/Azerbaijan 11 October clashes
12 October 2020 new attacks increase strains on Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire:
12 October 2020: Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces accused each other on Monday of launching new attacks in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, increasing pressure on a humanitarian ceasefire intended to stop the heaviest fighting over the enclave for more than 25 years
13 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes:
13 octobre 2020: Forces séparatistes arméniennes du Nagorny Karabakh et armée azerbaïdjanaise combattaient toujours mardi sur plusieurs secteurs du front
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13 October 2020: Artsakh military death toll reaches 532
14 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue:
Clashes continued into 14 October, with situation in Aghdara, Aghdam, Fizuli, Hadrut, and Jabrayil districts remaining tense, according to Azerbaijan, also stating that the Armenian forces were shelling Tartar, Aghdam, and Aghjabedi districts
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14 October 2020: Eight more villages liberated from Armenian occupation, Azerbaijan says
16 October 2020 ongoing ceasefire violations:
16 October 2020: Azerbaijan's Hikmat Hajiyev says Armenia missile attack on Ordubad region in Nakhchivan testifies that Armenia tries
to enlarge geographical scope of conflict
17 October 2020 Azerbaijan says 12 civilians killed by shelling in Ganja:
17 October 2020: Azerbaijan says 12 civilians killed by shelling in Ganja, as rescuers pull men, women and children out of rows of houses turned to rubble and people died with 40 more wounded in a sharp escalation of the conflict with Armenia over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh
18 October 2020 Armenia and Azerbaijan accuse each other of breaking fresh truce:
18 October 2020: Armenia and Azerbaijan accuse each other of breaking fresh truce, as Armenia says it was shelled twice, while Azerbaijan says mortars and artillery were used against it
19 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue:
19 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue
25 October 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes continue with varying intensity:
25 October 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes continue with varying intensity
26 October 2020 Azerbaijan and Armenian have accused each other of violating new ceasefire:
26 October 2020: Azerbaijan and Armenian have accused each other of violating new ceasefire in the countries’ conflict over the mountainous enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, after truce, brokered by the USA and other western powers, had only just come into effect at 8am local time on Monday
27 October 2020 Armenia accused of deadly missile attack:
27 octobre 2020: L’Azerbaïdjan a accusé mardi l’Arménie d’avoir tiré un missile sur la région azerbaïdjanaise de Barda, proche du Nagorny Karabakh en guerre, ayant tué quatre civils et fait une dizaine de blessés
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27 October 2020: With clashes over the disputed Caucasus region entering a second month, international mediators are pushing to bring a stop to frontline clashes and shelling of civilian areas that have left hundreds dead
28 October 2020 more victims of deadly missile attack:
28 octobre 2020: L’Azerbaïdjan a accusé mercredi l’Arménie d’avoir tué 19 civils dans une attaque de missiles sur la région de Barda, une ville proche du front au Nagorny Karabakh
31 October 2020 Armenia demands Putin regime's support:
31 octobre 2020: Le Premier ministre arménien Pachinian a demandé samedi au Poutine d’entamer des consultations 'urgentes' sur l’aide que pourrait fournir la Russie pour assurer la sécurité de son pays, en conflit avec l’Azerbaïdjan sur le Nagorny Karabakh
1 November 2020 Azerbaijan rejects Russian intervention:
1 novembre 2020: Bakou assure que Moscou n’a pas de raison d’intervenir, déclarant mener des opérations militaires uniquement sur son territoire et n’a pas l’intention d’attaquer militairement l’Arménie
7 November 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue:
7 novembre 2020: Des troupes azerbaïdjanaises s’opposent aux soldats de la république sécessionniste du Nagorny Karabakh autour de Choucha, ville clé ouvrant la route à l’Arménie vers la capitale séparatiste Stepanakert
8 November 2020 Azerbaijan says it has taken Karabakh's Shusha:
8 November 2020: Azerbaijan says it has taken Karabakh's Shusha, the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, Armenia denies it
10 November 2020 Armenia signs 'painful' deal with Azerbaijan:
10 November 2020: After a string of Azerbaijani victories in its fight to retake disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region Armenia signs ‘painful’ deal with Azerbaijan, sparking outrage in Armenia, with angry protesters storming the government headquarters in Yerevan where they ransacked offices and broke windows
14 November 2020 Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh set fire to their homes rather than hand them to Azerbaijan:
14 novembre 2020: Avant de fuir vers l’Arménie suite à l’accord de paix signé entre Erevan et Bakou, des habitants du Nagorny Karabakh ont mis le feu à leurs habitations pour ne pas «les laisser» aux Azerbaïdjanais
20 November 2020 Azerbaijani troops enter first district handed over by Armenia:
20 November 2020: Azerbaijan said its troops have entered a district bordering Nagorno-Karabakh that has been handed back by Armenian separatists after almost 30 years as part of recent peace deal
12 December 2020 both sides blame each other over ceasefire violations:
12 December 2020: Armenian officials and Azerbaijan accused each other of breaching a peace deal that ended six weeks of fierce fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, with Azerbaijan’s leader threatening to crush Armenian forces with an 'iron fist', as new clashes mark the first significant breach of the peace deal
Armenia/European Union relations:
Armenia/
European Union
relations
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Since 2009 'Eastern Partnership' initiative of the EU with the post-Soviet states of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine
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15 April 2015: During its plenary session of the European Parliament an unprecedented number of members took the stage and showed their solidarity to the Armenian nation, supporting a resolution to recognize the Armenan Genocide during WW I
,
despite undermining by German SPD-Schulz
Armenia/Georgia relations:
Armenia/
Georgia
relations
Armenia/Germany relations:
Armenia/
Germany
relations
Armenians in Germany:
Armenians in Germany are ethnic Armenians living within the modern republic of Germany, and like much of the Armenian diaspora, most Armenians immigrated to Germany after the Armenian Genocide of 1915
Armenian Genocide 1915-1923:
Armenian Genocide 1915-1923
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13 July 1919: Germany confesses in a secret record, printed at Potsdam, her Turkish partner's crimes in Armenia and its attempt to destroy a whole people
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17 February 2007: Germany, Turkey and the Armenian Genocide - a documentary of the Armenian genocide
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21 October 2012: Photograph of 1915 links Germans to 1915 Armenia genocide by the Ottoman Turks during World War I
April 2015:
15 April 2015: Armenian genocide should be called what it was and the German government has a special responsibility, because German officers were among the accessories and accomplices, the Central Council of Jews in Germany says
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17 April 2015: SPD-Steinmeier avoids to say 'genocide' for genocide of Armenians, because his party supported World War I from German beginning to end and therefore the war crimes
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17 April 2015: SPD-Schulz disassociates himself from European Parliament's resolution recognizing the Armenan Genocide, because his party supported World War I from German beginning to end and hence the war crimes
2016/December 2017 'Justifying Genocide: Germany and the Armenians from Bismarck to Hitler':
'Justifying Genocide: Germany and the Armenians from Bismarck to Hitler' , a 2016 book by the professor of history at the University of Haifa Stefan Ihrig, which shows how violence against the Ottoman Armenians, from the 1890s massacres to the Armenian Genocide, influenced Germany, illustrating how the topic was debated in Germany after World War I and how these debates and historical perceptions influenced the Holocaust
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18 December 2017: Stefan Ihrig and Abraham Terian receive NAASR’s Aronian Armenian Studies book prizes
Armenia/Iran relations:
Armenia/
Iran
relations
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Iranian Armenians
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Armenian diaspora in the Middle East
Armenia/Israel relations:
Armenia/
Israel
relations
History of the Jews in Armenia dating back more than 2,000 years:
History of the Jews in Armenia dating back more than 2,000 years, as by 360–370 AD there was a massive increase in Jewish Hellenistic immigration into Armenia, and many Armenian towns became predominately Jewish
Armenians in Israel and Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter:
Armenians in Israel, some of whom hold Israeli citizenship, as in 1986 an estimated 1,500 Armenians lived in the city of Jerusalem, as according to a 2006 survey, 790 Armenians lived in Jerusalem's Old City, and as in 2015 the 'Times of Israel' published an article with an estimate of up to 10,000 Armenians living across Israel
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Dating back to the 4th century AD, Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter, one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of Jerusalem, that occupies an area of 0.126 km² or 14% of the Old City's total, with a population of 2,424 citziens (6.55% of Old City's total) in 2007
Since 4th/5th century history of Jewish-Armenian relations after Roman empire's destruction of Jerusalem:
History of Jewish-Armenian relations since the early 4th century, as kingdom of Armenia became the first country to adopt Christianity as a state religion, and as a large number of Armenian monks are recorded to have settled in Jerusalem, destructed by the Roman empire, as early as the 4th century, as Jerusalem is thus considered the oldest living 'diaspora' community outside the Armenian homeland, but the first written records are from the 5th century
1914-1918 German and Ottoman empires' World War I and Armenians in Palestine mostly in Jerusalem:
1914-1918 German and Ottoman empire'a World War I, British and Jordanian periods, and 2,000–3,000 Armenians in Palestine, mostly in Jerusalem
1947 around 1,500 Armenians from Palestine repatriated to Soviet Armenia:
In 1947 around 1,500 Armenians from Palestine repatriated to Soviet Armenia as part of the Soviet government's efforts to boost Armenia's population by a large-scale repatriation of ethnic Armenians, mostly from the Middle East
1959-2020 increase and decline of Armenia's Jewish population:
In 1959 the Jewish population peaked in Soviet Armenia at approximately 10,000 people, and another wave of Jewish immigrants arrived in the country between 1965 and 1972 mostly from Russia and Ukraine, however with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 many of them left due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as between 1992 and 1994, more than 6,000 Jews immigrated to Israel because of Armenia's political isolation and economic depression, and as today the country's Jewish population has shrunk to around 750
January 2005 mounting anti-Semitism in Armenia:
26 January 2005: Armenia’s tiny Jewish community is growing concerned by what it says is mounting anti-Semitism in the South Caucasus country, as virtually not existenting in the past the issue has emerged over the past year amid a rise in anti-Jewish propaganda and the desecration of a Holocaust memorial in Yerevan, and as Armenian government has so far done little to address the Jewish community's concerns
April 2015 Israel sends delegation to Armenian genocide ceremony:
22 April 2015: Israel sends delegation to Armenian genocide ceremony over the weekend, marking the remembrance of the mass murder of Armenians by Turkish forces during World War I
September 2020 Armenia–Israel economic relations:
Armenia–Israel economic relations, as Armenia receives 4.8% of its imports from Israel, while Israel receives 7.1% of Armenia's exports
,
according to September 2020 CIA World Factbook concerning Armenia
2 October 2020 Armenia recalls ambassador from Israel to protest sale of weapons to Azerbaijan:
2 October 2020: Armenia recalls ambassador from Israel to protest sale of weapons to Azerbaijan, as clashes between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces continued for a fifth straight day on Thursday, in the biggest escalation in years of a decades-old conflict that has killed dozens and left scores of others wounded
Armenia/Kurdistan relations:
Armenia/
Kurdistan
relations
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Kurdish recognition of the Armenian genocide
Armenia/Lebanon relations:
Armenia/
Lebanon
relations
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Armenians in Lebanon
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Armenian diaspora in the Middle East
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11 May 2000: Lebanese parliament voted to recognize the Armenian genocide
Armenia/Russia relations:
Armenia/
Russia
relations
April 1965 Yerevan commemorates 50th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide during WWI:
April 1965 Yerevan demonstrations on the 50th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
2015 Russia accused of killing a family of six:
15 January 2015: Thousands demonstrate against Kremlin influence after a Russian soldier is accused of killing a family of six
May 2016 Russia sued by Armenian family massacred by military in 2015:
28 May 2016: Russia sued by relatives of Armenian Avetisyan family, massacred by Russian soldier Valery Permyakov in 2015
Armenia/Syria relations:
Armenia/
Syria
relations
Armenians in Syria, churches and Armenian diaspora in the Middle East:
Armenians in Syria
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Armenian Apostolic churches in Syria
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Armenian churches in Syria
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Armenian diaspora in the Middle East
Since 1491 'Forty Martyrs Armenian Cathedral' of Aleppo to commemorate Armenian victims of WWI:
Since 1491 'Forty Martyrs Armenian Cathedral' of Aleppo, a 15th-century Armenian Apostolic church located in the old Christian quarter of Jdeydeh
1991-2014 Armenian Genocide Martyrs' Memorial in Deir ez-Zor:
1991-2014 Armenian Genocide Martyrs' Memorial in Deir ez-Zor, a complex dedicated to victims of the Armenian Genocide, consecrated on 4 May 1991 by Catholicos Karekin II of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia
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Monument and Memorial Complex at Der Zor, Syria, to commemorate the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide during Ottoman and German empires' World War I
September 2014 Armenian Genocide Martyrs' Memorial in Deir ez-Zor blown up by terrorists:
21 September 2014: Armenian Genocide Martyrs' Memorial in Deir ez-Zor blown up by terrorists, as reports blamed the destruction on militants belonging to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Since 2011 Armenia maintains diplomatic relations with Assad's regime:
Since 2011 despite Assad regime's war against the Syrian people since protests rejecting dictatorship, the Armenian embassy is still open in Damascus and the country maintains
diplomatic relations with
Assad's regime
Armenia/Turkey relations:
Armenia/
Turkey
relations
Armenian Genocide 1915-1923:
Armenian Genocide 1915-1923
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Witnesses and testimonies of the Armenian Genocide
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13 July 1919: Germany confesses in a secret record, printed at Potsdam, her Turkish partner's crimes in Armenia and its attempt to destroy a whole people
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17 February 2007: Germany, Turkey and the Armenian Genocide - a documentary of the Armenian genocide
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21 October 2012: Photograph of 1915 links Germans to 1915 Armenia genocide by the Ottoman Turks during World War I
Since 1919:
24 April Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day since 1919
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April 1965 Yerevan demonstrations on the 50th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
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Armenian Genocide memorial complex is Armenia's official memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, built in 1967 on the hill of Tsitsernakaberd in Yerevan - Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute was opened in 1995
International Armenian Genocide recognition and Turkey's denial:
International Armenian Genocide recognition
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The governments of Turkey and Azerbaijan deny that the Ottoman authorities attempted to exterminate the Armenian people
2015:
17 April 2015: Turkey has never accepted the term genocide for its war crime against Armenians, even though historians have demolished its denial of responsibility for up to 1.5 million deaths
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Commemoration of 100 years of the Armenian Genocide 24 April 2015
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24 April 2015: Armenian genocide survivor's vivid memories of the day the soldiers came
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24 April: Armenian genocide survivors' stories
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25 April 2015: As Armenia marks 1915 massacre, it is also called genocide in Turkey's World War I partner Germany
Armenia/United Kingdom relations:
Armenia/
United Kingdom
relations since United Kingdom recognised Armenia on 31 December 1991
Since 19th century Armenian community of the UK:
Since 19th century Armenian community of the UK, as in 1989 around 10,000 Armenians were living in Greater London thought to be first-generation immigrants from Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Cyprus, also including Armenians from Ethiopia, India, Egypt, Israel, as well as individuals from other countries
Armenian–British relations since 1890s and during Ottoman and German empires' World War I:
Armenian–British relations
Armenia/USA relations:
Armenia/
USA
relations
Armenian USA citizens:
Armenian Americans, forming the second largest community of the Armenian diaspora after Armenians in Russia, as the first major wave of Armenian immigration took place in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Armenia-USA economic relations and USA-owned firms in Armenia:
Armenia-USA economic relations, as approximately 70 USA-owned firms currently do business in Armenia, including Dell, Microsoft, IBM, and as recent major USA investment projects include the Hotel Armenia/Marriott, the Hotel Ani Plaza, Tufenkian Holdings (carpet and furnishing production, hotels, and construction), several subsidiaries of USA-based information technology firms, including Viasphere Technopark, an IT incubator, Synopsys, jewelry and textile production facilities, several copper and molybdenum mining companies, and the Hovnanian International Construction Company
Azerbaijan
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Geography of Azerbaijan
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History of Azerbaijan
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Demographics of Azerbaijan
Economy of Azerbaijan:
Economy of Azerbaijan
- main industries include petroleum and natural gas, petroleum products, petrochemicals, oilfield equipment, steel, iron ore, machinery, cement, chemicals, textiles, cotton, foodstuffs
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List of companies of Azerbaijan
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Companies of Azerbaijan by industry
Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan:
Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan
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Oil fields of Azerbaijan
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Oil and gas companies of Azerbaijan
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Oil pipelines in Azerbaijan
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Natural gas pipelines in Azerbaijan
2015:
21 September 2015: Azerbaijan expects to produce 40 million tonnes of oil and 30 bln cubic meters of gas in 2016, Azerbaijan's state energy company SOCAR says, roughly steady compared with 2015
5 December 2015: Thirty oil workers are missing, one person confirmed dead and 32 rescued, after the rig they were working on in the Caspian Sea was engulfed by fire
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5 December: Thirty-two workers have died after SOCAR's oil platform caught fire
Energy in Azerbaijan:
Energy in Azerbaijan
Agriculture in Azerbaijan:
Agriculture
in Azerbaijan - major cash crops are cotton, tobacco, rice, grapes and fruits
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Azerbaijani wine
Cotton production in Azerbaijan:
Cotton production in Azerbaijan
Tourism in Azerbaijan:
Tourism in Azerbaijan
Banking in Azerbaijan:
Banking in Azerbaijan
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List of banks in Azerbaijan
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Central Bank of Azerbaijan since 1992
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Military history of Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan in World War II
Military in Azerbaijan:
Azerbaijani Armed Forces
Taxation and budget in Azerbaijan:
Taxation in Azerbaijan
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21 July 2014: Information about the state budget for six months of 2014
Politics of Azerbaijan:
Politics of Azerbaijan
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1995/2009 Constitution of Azerbaijan
Political parties in Azerbaijan:
List of political parties in Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan is a one party dominant state, as opposition parties against the New Azerbaijan Party are functioning, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power
Trade unions in Azerbaijan:
Trade unions
in Azerbaijan
Elections and politics in Azerbaijan:
Elections
in Azerbaijan
December 1991 Azerbaijani independence referendum:
29 December 1991 Azerbaijani independence referendum, three days after the collapse of the Soviet Union, with 99.8% of the vote in favour
November 1995 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum:
12 November 1995 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum
March 2009 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum:
18 March 2009 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum, consisting of 29 measures including a measure to abolish presidential term limits and a measure to greatly restrict press freedom
October 2013 Azerbaijani presidential election:
Azerbaijani presidential election 9 October 2013
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9 October: Azerbaijan votes in presidential election
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10 October 2013: Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev hails poll 'triumph' amid concerns
2015:
11 August 2015: Several rights groups call on authorities in Azerbaijan to conduct a full and transparent investigation into the murder of journalist Rasim Aliyev
November 2015 Azerbaijani parliamentary election:
1 November 2015 Azerbaijani parliamentary election
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Results of the Azerbaijani parliamentary election in 2015 by constituency
April 2018 Azerbaijani presidential election:
11 April 2018 Azerbaijani presidential election
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12 April 2018: Supporters of Azerbaijan’s president forced election monitors to halt a news conference on Thursday where they were announcing they had found the election that gave Ilham Aliyev a fourth term undemocratic
February 2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election:
9 February 2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election, brought forward after parliament was dissolved in December 2019
5 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue after UN demanded an immediate end to fighting in September:
5 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue after UN Security Council on 30 September called for an immediate end to fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh
Social movements and protests in Azerbaijan:
Protests in Azerbaijan
2011:
2011 Azerbaijani protests
2013:
January 2013 Baku protests
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26 January 2013: Azerbaijan police brutally dispersed an unauthorised rally, protesting against the police using excessive force against peaceful protests, in central Baku, beating up and arresting scores of people
2015:
6 April 2015: About 1,000 Azeris held a rally on Sunday to protest against rising prices and a crackdown on human rights as economic problems mount ahead of a parliamentary election this year
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23 August 2015: Using tear gas and batons police in Azerbaijan broke up a protest and detained scores of participants in the town of Mingachevir two days after a young man died in custody after interrogation
2016:
15 January 2016: Azerbaijan forced to cut taxes on essential foods after widespread protests over deteriorating economic conditions that have seen the prices of essentials such as flour and bread rise steeply in recent months
Society, demographics, culture and human rights in Azerbaijan:
Azerbaijani society
Human rights in Azerbaijan:
Human rights in Azerbaijan
Administrative divisions and districts of Azerbaijan:
Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan
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Districts
of Azerbaijan
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic:
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
is a landlocked exclave of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as the region covers 5,500 km2 with a population of 414,900 citizens, bordering Armenia to the east and north, Iran to the south and west, and Turkey to the northwest
Demographics of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic:
Demographics of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, as in January 2018, Nakhchivan's population was estimated to be 452,831 citizens, and as most of the population are Azerbaijanis, who constituted 99% of the population in 1999, while ethnic Russians (0.15%) and a minority of Kurds (0.6%) constituted the remainder of the population
Economy of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic:
Economy of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
Since 1991 history of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic:
Since 1991 history of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
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Nakhchivan municipality and Nakhchivan capital city:
Nakhchivan municipality, consisting of the
city of Nakhchivan
, the capital of the eponymous Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, and the settlement of Oliabad, the villages of Basbasi, Bulqan, Haciniyyat, Qaraçuq, Qaraxanbayli, Tumbul, Qaragaliq, and Dasduz, spread over the foothills of Zangezur Mountains, on the right bank of the Nakhchivan River at an altitude of 873 m above sea level
Since 1967/1990 Nakhchivan State University:
Since 1967 Nakhchivan State University, a public university located in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, founded as a part of the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute and becoming the Nakhchivan State University in 1990, with 290 faculty members and currently 3500 students
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Affiliations, awards and international activity of the Nakhchivan State University
Cities in Azerbaijan:
List of
cities
in Azerbaijan
Baku city:
Baku city
, the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region, with a population of 2,374,000 people in 2015
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History of Baku
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Education in Baku
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Schools in Baku
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List of universities in Baku
Economy of Baku:
Economy of Baku
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Companies based in Baku
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Baku pipelines, including Baku-Novorossiysk, Baku-Supsa (Georgia) and Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (Turkey, since 2006) pipelines, starting from Baku and transport Azerbaijani oil to the world market
Since 2016 industry and industrial production indexes in Baku:
Industry and industrial production indexes in Baku since 2016
Timeline of Baku since 12th century CE:
Timeline of Baku since 12th century CE
October 1813 treaty of Gulistan between the Russian Empire and Iran:
October 1813 treaty of Gulistan between the Russian Empire and Iran as a result of the first full-scale Russo-Persian War 1804-1813, as the treaty confirmed the ceding and inclusion of what is now Daghestan, eastern Georgia, most of the Republic of Azerbaijan and parts of northern Armenia from Iran into the Russian Empire
December 1991 Azerbaijani independence referendum:
December 1991 Azerbaijani independence referendum three days after the collapse of the Soviet Union, as the result was 99.8% in favour, with turnout reported to be 95.3%
Ganja city:
Ganja city
, Azerbaijan's second largest city, with a population of around 332,600 citizens
Economy of Ganja-Gazakh economic region:
Economy of Ganja, embracing the issues connected to the economy of the city of Ganja, as industry, tourism, agriculture, and transportation are the major branches of its economy, and as most of the total volume of industrial products is accounted for non-ferrous metallurgy, light and food industries, electronics industry and home appliances
Agriculture of Ganja-Gazakh economic region:
Agriculture of Ganja, as the major agricultural specialization areas in Ganja are potatoes, viniculture and wheat cultivation, producing 13-14% of agricultural output in the republic, including 80-85% of potatoes, 28% of grapes, as 15% of livestock goods belongs to Ganja-Gazakh region's share along with the city of Ganja
Sumgayit city:
Sumgayit city
in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, with a population of around 265,000 citizens, making it the third-largest city in Azerbaijan after the capital Baku and the city of Ganja
Economy of Sumgayit:
Economy of Sumgayit, after in 1935 the Soviet government decided to develop heavy industry in the Absheron Peninsula and as Sumgayit was chosen based on its proximity to Baku and its key position on existing railroad lines
Demographics of Azerbaijan:
Demographics of Azerbaijan
Ethnic groups and minorities in Azerbaijan:
Ethnic groups in Azerbaijan
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Ethnic minorities in Azerbaijan
Culture and languages of Azerbaijan:
Culture of Azerbaijan
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Languages
of Azerbaijan
Women and women's rights in Azerbaijan:
Women and women's rights in Azerbaijan, as women nominally enjoy the same legal rights as men, but societal discrimination remains a problem
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Gender equality in Azerbaijan
Since 2006 Women's Media Watch Azerbaijan:
Since 2006 Women's Media Watch Azerbaijan, uniting women journalists working in broadcast, print and on-line journalism in Azerbaijan, as the organization trains women journalists and NGOs to keep media outlets and decision makers accountable to the public interest, and as the goal of the organization is to increase women's presence in the public debate and strengthen women's role
Children's rights in Azerbaijan:
Children's rights in Azerbaijan
Education in Azerbaijan:
Education
in Azerbaijan
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Education in Baku
Schools in Azerbaijan:
Schools in Azerbaijan
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Schools in Baku
Universities in Azerbaijan:
Universities in Azerbaijan
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List of universities in Baku
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Azerbaijan State Oil Academy since 1920
Science and technology in Azerbaijan:
Science and technology in Azerbaijan
Health in Azerbaijan:
Health
in Azerbaijan
Disease outbreaks in Azerbaijan:
Disease outbreaks in Azerbaijan
Since February 2020 covid-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan:
Since February 2020 covid-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan, part of the worldwide pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS-CoV-2
June 2020 amid renewed covid-19 outbreak Azerbaijan introduces strict lockdown:
4 June 2020: Amid renewed covid-19 outbreak, Azerbaijan introduces strict lockdown, as the disease is spreading rapidly following the loosening of earlier restrictions
8 September 2020 Azerbaijan confirms 128 more covid-19 recoveries:
8 Septemer 2020: Azerbaijan has detected 139 new covid-19 cases, 128 patients have recovered and one patient has died, as up until now, 37,557 people have been infected in the country, 34,965 of them have recovered, and 552 people have died. Currently, and as 2,040 people are under treatment in special hospitals
Healthcare in Azerbaijan:
Healthcare
in Azerbaijan
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Medicine in Azerbaijan
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Medical and health organizations based in Azerbaijan
Hospitals in Azerbaijan:
Hospitals in Azerbaijan
Sport in Azerbaijan:
Sport in Azerbaijan
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Sport in Azerbaijan by sport
International sports competitions hosted by Azerbaijan
2015:
28 May 2015: After a devastating blaze kills 16 people, residents are criticising Azerbaijan’s attempts to whitewash the city for its international visitors ahead of European Games
Azerbaijani media:
Azerbaijani media
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Freedom of the media in Azerbaijan
May 2015 Azerbaijan extends journalist Khadija Ismayilova's detention:
15 May 2015: Azerbaijan extends journalist Khadija Ismayilova's detention ahead of European Games as rights groups say charges against her are politically motivated because of reports exposing state corruption
August 2015 journalist Rasim Aliyev died in hospital after assault by six people:
11 August 2015: Rasim Aliyev, a journalist in Azerbaijan has died in hospital after being invited to meet football player Huseynov he had criticised on Facebook, but after arrival at the appointed place was assaulted by six people
Internet in Azerbaijan:
Internet in Azerbaijan
Crime in Azerbaijan:
Crime in Azerbaijan
War crimes and massacres in Azerbaijan:
War crimes in Azerbaijan
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List of massacres in Azerbaijan
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1918 September Days massacre of Baku refers to the Russian Civil War when Armenian inhabitants of Baku were massacred by Enver Pasha's Army of Islam
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March 1920 Shusha massacre was the mass killing of the Armenian population of Shusha that followed the suppression of the Armenian revolt against the authorities of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
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January 1990 Baku pogrom was an anti-Armenian pogrom directed against the Armenian inhabitants of Baku
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Black January 1990 was a violent crackdown pursuant to a state of emergency during the dissolution of the Soviet Union to stop pogroms and violence against the Armenian population in Baku
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1992 Khojaly massacre was the killing of Azerbaijani civilians by Armenian and CIS forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War
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1992 Maragha Massacre was the mass murder of Armenian civilians in the village Maragha by Azerbaijani troops in the course of the Nagorno-Karabakh War
Azerbaijani mafia:
Azerbaijani mafia is a general term for organized criminal gangs, mostly based in Moscow and other major Russian cities
Terrorism in Azerbaijan:
Terrorism in Azerbaijan
Corruption in Azerbaijan:
Corruption in Azerbaijan
2012:
31 December 2012: Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, has won the first ever Organized Crime and Corruption Person of the Year bestowed by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Law of Azerbaijan and legal history:
Law of Azerbaijan
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Constitution of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan legislation and Judicial–Legal Council:
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Judicial–Legal Council
Judiciary of Azerbaijan:
Judiciary of
Azerbaijan
Law enforcement in Azerbaijan:
Law enforcement in Azerbaijan
Foreign relations of Azerbaijan:
Foreign relations of Azerbaijan
Treaties of Azerbaijan:
Treaties of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan and the United Nations:
Azerbaijan and the
United Nations
Since 20th century Nagorno-Karabakh religious, ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan:
Since 20th century
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, an
religious, ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts, which are internationally recognized as de jure
part of Azerbaijan
2008 UN resolution which 'reaffirmed Azerbaijan's territorial integrity':
March 2008 UN General Assembly adopted a resolution which 'reaffirmed Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, expressing support for that country's internationally recognized borders and demanding the immediate withdrawal of all Armenian forces from all occupied territories there', adopted by a vote of 39 in favor to 7 against, while most countries either abstained or were absent
Bilateral relations of Azerbaijan:
Bilateral relations of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan/Argentina relations:
Azerbaijan/
Argentina
relations
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Paraná–Uruguaiana pipeline
November 2019 Argentina asks Azerbaijan to arrest Iranian Velayati:
10 November 2019: Scheduled to attend the Second Summit of religious world leaders in Baku on November 14-15, Argentina has asked Azerbaijan to arrest high-level Iranian adviser Ali Akbar Velayati to the country’s supreme leader in connection with the bombing in 1994 of the Buenos Aires AMIA Jewish center, because Velayati was Iran’s foreign minister at the time of the terrorist attack and has been implicated in ordering the bombing
Azerbaijan/Armenia relations:
Azerbaijan/
Armenia
relations
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Armenians in Azerbaijan
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Armenians once formed a sizable community in Baku but most Armenians fled the city in 1990
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Azerbaijanis in Armenia, since 1988–1991 most Azerbaijanis fled the country as a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh War
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict:
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and war 1988-1994
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20 July 2012: Wahlsieg von Amtsinhaber Saakjan in Präsidentschaftswahlen - Kämpfe mit aserbeidschanischen Truppen
2012 song contest and clashes:
Armenia/Azerbaijan relations in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012
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6 June 2012: Deadly clashes along Azeri-Armenia border
2014 clashes:
4 August 2014: Bloody clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia over disputed territory
2015 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election:
3 May 2015 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election
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4 May 2015: European Union, USA, Azerbaijan and Turkey don't recognise 'the constitutional and legal framework' of Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election
2016 clashes and OSCE-backed peace talks:
2/3 April 2016: More than 30 people killed in clashes over separatist enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh
in the Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict
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5 avril 2016: Après 64 personnes ont trouvé la mort un accord a été trouvé pour faire cesser les combats dans la région du Nagorny-Karabakh
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26 April: Nagorno-Karabakh says two soldiers killed by gunfire from Azerbaijan
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27 April 2016: Nagorno-Karabakh says one soldier killed by Azeri gunfire
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17 May 2016: Armenia and Azerbaijan to hold OSCE-backed peace talks on Nagorno-Karabakh
July 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes:
July 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes near Tavush, when four Azeris were reportedly killed, and an Armenian fortification was reportedly destroyed by Azerbaijan
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14 July 2020: At least 16 people have been killed in fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan forces in the worst outbreak of hostilities in years, after skirmishes on the volatile border began on Sunday
Since 27 September 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict:
Since 27 September 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the ongoing armed conflict between the Azerbaijani and Armenian armed forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, as clashes began in the morning of 27 September 2020 along the Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact and both sides reported military and civilian casualties
27 September 2020 Armenia imposes martial law after clashes with Azerbaijan:
27 September 2020: Armenia has declared martial law and ordered the total mobilisation of its military after claiming to have destroyed several Azerbaijani aircraft and tanks in clashes over a disputed region
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27 septembre 2020: L’Arménie et l’Azerbaïdjan étaient au bord de la guerre dimanche après de nouveaux combats entre les forces azerbaïdjanaises et la région séparatiste du Nagorny Karabakh soutenue par l’Arménie, qui ont fait au moins 23 morts et une centaine de blessés
28 September clashes in the September 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict:
28 September clashes in the September 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
29 September casualties in the September 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh religious war:
29 September casualties in the September 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh religious war, already including many civilian victims
30 September 2020 clashes continued with lesser intensity overnight:
30 September 2020 clashes continued with lesser intensity overnight in Nagorno-Karabakh
1 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue:
1 October 2020: Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue
4 October 2020 after UN demanded an immediate end to fighting in September Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue:
4 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue after UN Security Council on 30 September called for an immediate end to fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh
5 October 2020 fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan has escalated:
5 October 2020: Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh has escalated dramatically after Baku accused Armenian forces of firing rockets at Azerbaijan’s second largest city of Ganja, which lies outside the contested territory
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5 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue after UN Security Council on 30 September called for an immediate end to fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh
6 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue:
6 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue
7 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan conflict continues:
7 octobre 2020: La moitié de la population du Karabakh déplacée
8 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes and diplaced people:
8 October 2020: Half of Nagorno-Karabakh population displaced by Armenia and Azerbaijan clashes
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8 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes
9 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue:
9 October 2020: Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue, as civilian and military casualties are rising
10 October 2020 shaky ceasefire between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces:
10 October 2020: A shaky ceasefire between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh entered into force on Saturday after a deal was struck in Moscow between Baku and Armenia to allow prisoners and the bodies of the dead to be exchanged, but it is unclear how long the calm will last amid claims that both sides have already breached ceasefire
Since 10 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan ceasefire and violations:
Since 10 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan ceasefire and violations
11 October 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh truce in jeopardy:
11 October 2020: Nagorno-Karabakh truce in jeopardy as accusations of violations fly, as Armenia and Azerbaijan accuse each other shelling civilian areas and escalating clashes, and as Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry said that overnight shelling by Armenian forces on country’s second largest city Ganja had left 7 people dead and 33 wounded including children, less than 24 hours after the halt to fighting was supposed to take effect
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Armenia/Azerbaijan 11 October clashes
12 October 2020 new attacks increase strains on Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire:
12 October 2020: Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces accused each other on Monday of launching new attacks in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, increasing pressure on a humanitarian ceasefire intended to stop the heaviest fighting over the enclave for more than 25 years
13 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes:
13 octobre 2020: Forces séparatistes arméniennes du Nagorny Karabakh et armée azerbaïdjanaise combattaient toujours mardi sur plusieurs secteurs du front
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13 October 2020: Artsakh military death toll reaches 532
14 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue:
Clashes continued into 14 October, with situation in Aghdara, Aghdam, Fizuli, Hadrut, and Jabrayil districts remaining tense, according to Azerbaijan, also stating that the Armenian forces were shelling Tartar, Aghdam, and Aghjabedi districts
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14 October 2020: Eight more villages liberated from Armenian occupation, Azerbaijan says
16 October 2020 ongoing ceasefire violations:
16 October 2020: Azerbaijan's Hikmat Hajiyev says Armenia missile attack on Ordubad region in Nakhchivan testifies that Armenia tries
to enlarge geographical scope of conflict
17 October 2020 Azerbaijan says 12 civilians killed by shelling in Ganja:
17 October 2020: Azerbaijan says 12 civilians killed by shelling in Ganja, as rescuers pull men, women and children out of rows of houses turned to rubble and people died with 40 more wounded in a sharp escalation of the conflict with Armenia over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh
18 October 2020 Armenia and Azerbaijan accuse each other of breaking fresh truce:
18 October 2020: Armenia and Azerbaijan accuse each other of breaking fresh truce, as Armenia says it was shelled twice, while Azerbaijan says mortars and artillery were used against it
19 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue:
19 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue
25 October 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes continue with varying intensity:
25 October 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes continue with varying intensity
26 October 2020 Azerbaijan and Armenian have accused each other of violating new ceasefire:
26 October 2020: Azerbaijan and Armenian have accused each other of violating new ceasefire in the countries’ conflict over the mountainous enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, after truce, brokered by the USA and other western powers, had only just come into effect at 8am local time on Monday
27 October 2020 Armenia accused of deadly missile attack:
27 octobre 2020: L’Azerbaïdjan a accusé mardi l’Arménie d’avoir tiré un missile sur la région azerbaïdjanaise de Barda, proche du Nagorny Karabakh en guerre, ayant tué quatre civils et fait une dizaine de blessés
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27 October 2020: With clashes over the disputed Caucasus region entering a second month, international mediators are pushing to bring a stop to frontline clashes and shelling of civilian areas that have left hundreds dead
1 November 2020 Azerbaijan rejects Russian intervention:
1 novembre 2020: Bakou assure que Moscou n’a pas de raison d’intervenir, déclarant mener des opérations militaires uniquement sur son territoire et n’a pas l’intention d’attaquer militairement l’Arménie
7 November 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue:
7 novembre 2020: Des troupes azerbaïdjanaises s’opposent aux soldats de la république sécessionniste du Nagorny Karabakh autour de Choucha, ville clé ouvrant la route à l’Arménie vers la capitale séparatiste Stepanakert
8 November 2020 Azerbaijan says it has taken Karabakh's Shusha:
8 November 2020: Azerbaijan says it has taken Karabakh's Shusha, the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, Armenia denies it
,
as Shusha 15km south of the enclave’s largest city Stepanakert is of cultural and strategic importance to both side, and as at least 1,000 people have died in nearly six weeks of fighting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh
10 November 2020 Armenia signs 'painful' deal with Azerbaijan:
10 November 2020: After a string of Azerbaijani victories in its fight to retake disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region Armenia signs ‘painful’ deal with Azerbaijan, sparking outrage in Armenia, with angry protesters storming the government headquarters in Yerevan where they ransacked offices and broke windows
12 December 2020 both sides blame each other over ceasefire violations:
12 December 2020: Armenian officials and Azerbaijan accused each other of breaching a peace deal that ended six weeks of fierce fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, with Azerbaijan’s leader threatening to crush Armenian forces with an 'iron fist', as new clashes mark the first significant breach of the peace deal
15 December 2020 two elderly men beheaded by Azerbaijani forces:
15 December 2020: Two elderly men who were beheaded by Azerbaijani forces in videos widely shared on messaging apps have been identified, confirming two of the bloodiest atrocities of the recent war in Nagorno-Karabakh, as the ethnic Armenian men reportedly were non-combatants, and as both were beheaded by men in the uniforms of the Azerbaijani armed forces
Azerbaijan/European Union relations:
Azerbaijan/
European Union
relations
2011:
12 May 2011 European Parliament resolution on Azerbaijan
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28. Juni 2011: Rechtsausschuss des Europarates fordert die Freilassung von 50 inhaftierten politischen Oppositionellen
2015:
15 May 2015: Ahead of European Games, Azerbaijan extends journalist Khadija Ismayilova's detention, as rights groups say charges against her are politically motivated because of reports exposing state corruption
Azerbaijan/France relations:
Azerbaijan/
France
relations
2018:
30 mars 2018: Le journaliste azerbaïdjanais Rahim Namazov, qui a été emprisonné, puis menacé de mort avant de fuir son pays et s'exiler en France en 2010, a été grièvement blessé par balle dans le dos, et sa femme, Aïda, tuée
Azerbaijan/Georgia relations:
Azerbaijan/
Georgia
relations
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Baku–Supsa Pipeline since 1999 operated by BP
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Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline since 2006 operated by BP
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South Caucasus natural gas pipeline since 2006 operated by BP, Statoil, shareholders SOCAR, Lukoil, Total etc.
Azerbaijan/Germany relations:
Azerbaijan/
Germany
relations
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Azerbaijan in World War II
Azerbaijan/Iran relations:
Azerbaijan/
Iran
relations
Azerbaijan/Israel relations:
Azerbaijan/
Israel
relations, as Azerbaijan and Israel
have engaged in intense cooperation since 1992
History of the Jews in Azerbaijan:
History of the Jews in Azerbaijan
Since early 1990s Israeli–Azerbaijani relations:
Since early 1990s Israeli–Azerbaijani relations, as in January 2019, the State Border Service of Azerbaijan has purchased Sky Striker kamikaze from Israel and Azerbaijan became the first foreign buyer of Sky Striker
Since 1990s Israeli–Azerbaijani trade relations and cooperation against Iran:
Since early 1990s Israeli–Azerbaijani trade relations and cooperation against Iran
Azerbaijan/Russia relations:
Azerbaijan/
Russia
relations
Azerbaijan/Turkey relations:
Azerbaijan/
Turkey
relations
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Azerbaijanis in Turkey
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Turks in Azerbaijan
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2010 Agreement on Strategic Partnership and Mutual Support between Azerbaijan and Turkey
Azerbaijan/Switzerland relations:
Azerbaijan/
Switzerland
relations
14 June 2015: Swiss fly out opposition journalist Emin Huseynov hiding at its Azerbaijan embassy
Azerbaijan/United Kingdom relations:
Azerbaijan/
United Kingdom
relations
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Battle of Baku 1918
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Baku–Supsa Pipeline since 1999 operated by BP
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Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline since 2006 operated by BP
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South Caucasus natural gas pipeline since 2006 operated by BP, Statoil, shareholders SOCAR, Lukoil, Total etc.
Azerbaijan/USA relations:
Azerbaijan/
USA
relations
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26 December 2014: USA-funded radio station in Azerbaijan raided following jailing of a reporter at the station pending trial on charges of driving a man to suicide
Environment of Azerbaijan:
Environment of Azerbaijan
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Natural history of Azerbaijan
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Geology of Azerbaijan
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Climate of Azerbaijan, as nine out of eleven existing climate zones are present in Azerbaijan
Landforms and ecoregions of Azerbaijan:
Landforms of Azerbaijan
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Ecoregions of Azerbaijan
Forests of Azerbaijan:
Forests of
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Azerbaijan
Bodies of water of Azerbaijan:
Bodies of water of Azerbaijan
Environmental issues in Azerbaijan:
Environmental issues in Azerbaijan, as the country experienced rapid economic development since 20th century which has led to an increasingly negative impact on the environment, including the inefficient usage of natural resources, as issues today include pollution linked with petroleum industry, pollution of water resources by way of introduction of contaminated water, including transnational pollution,,the supply of low-quality water to inhabited regions, the loss of fresh water prior to it delivery to the end consumers, insufficient development of sewer systems, air pollution from industrial plants and transport vehicles, degradation of soil (erosion, desertification, etc.), deforestation as the burning trees affect the climate cycle, improper regulation of industry and housing, as well as hazardous solid wastes, decline in biological diversity, decline in forest reserves and fauna, especially fish results
Natural disasters in Azerbaijan:
Natural disasters in Azerbaijan
Earthquakes in Azerbaijan:
Earthquakes in Azerbaijan
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List of earthquakes in Azerbaijan
November 2000 Baku earthquake:
25 November 2000 Baku earthquake with an epicenter just offshore Baku, measuring 6.8 on the magnitude scale
June 2018 Zaqatala earthquake:
5 June 2018 5.3 magnitude earthquake in the
northern Zaqatala District
Bangladesh
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Geography of Bangladesh
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Partition of India by the 'British Empire' 1947
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Partition of Bengal 1947
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History of East Pakistan 1947-1971
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Bangladesh Liberation War 1971
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Indo Pakistani War of 1971
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History of Bangladesh
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Demographics of Bangladesh
Economy of Bangladesh:
Economy of Bangladesh
- main industries include textiles, pulp and paper, jute, leather, food processing, fertilizer, natural gas, renewable energy, construction materials, steel, shipbuilding, electronics, automotive parts, ceramics, pharmaceuticals
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List of companies of Bangladesh
Energy in Bangladesh:
Energy in Bangladesh
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Fossil fuels in Bangladesh
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Natural gas in Bangladesh
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Oil and gas companies of Bangladesh
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Nuclear energy in Bangladesh
Electricity sector in Bangladesh
Electricity sector in Bangladesh
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Power stations and proposed power stations in Bangladesh
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Power companies of Bangladesh
Renewable energy in Bangladesh:
Renewable energy in Bangladesh
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Renewable energy policy of Bangladesh
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Hydroelectric power stations in Bangladesh
Energy policy of Bangladesh:
Energy policy of Bangladesh
2016:
7 April 2016: Bangladeshi 'S Alam Group' suspends work on a planned Chinese-backed coal-fired power plant
after four demonstrators opposing its construction were killed earlier this week
Science and technology in Bangladesh:
Science and technology in Bangladesh
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Scientific organisations based in Bangladesh
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Information technology in Bangladesh
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List of IT Companies in Bangladesh
Since 1980 Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization:
Since 1980 Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization
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Space programme of Bangladesh
June/July 2017:
June/July 2017 BRAC Onnesha, the first nanosatellite built in Bangladesh to be launched into space, designed and built in conjunction with Kyushu Institute of Technology's Birds-1 program, which has the goal of helping countries build their first satellite
May 2018:
Bangabandhu-1, the first Bangladeshi geostationary communications satellite, launched on 11 May 2018, implemented by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission BTRC
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13 May 2018: Bangladesh blasts off with their first ever satellite launch into space
Bangladesh textile industry, factory collapses, fires and man-made disasters:
Bangladesh textile industry
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Bangladesh textile industry - employment and labour
Man-made disasters in Bangladesh
Tazreen Fashion factory fire 2012:
Dhaka fire in the Tazreen Fashion factory 24 November 2012
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25 November: At least 100 workers killed by a fire
in the multi-floor Tazreen Fashion factory in the Ashulia district on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka
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26 November: Another fire that broke out in a 12-storey building housing four different garment factories in Dhaka
,
has been almost brought under control, police say
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27 November: Bangladesh is observing a day of mourning for the more than 100 victims of a clothing factory fire on Saturday
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29 November: Three mid-level managers held for preventing workers from leaving factory premises after fire alarm went off
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7 December: Tazreen Fashion factory fire exposes safety gap in the supply chain
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17 December: The Tazreen Fashion factory fire killing 111 workers was caused by sabotage and managers at the plant prevented victims from escaping, the head of an official inquiry says
Smart Export Garments Ltd factory fire 2013:
27 January 2013: The unlicensed 'Smart Export Garments Ltd' factory in Dhaka where seven women workers died in a fire Saturday, was making clothing for Spanish giant Inditex and several French brands
Dhaka garments factory collapse April 2013:
Four garment factories housing building collapse in Dhaka 24 April 2013
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24 April 2013: At least 15 people were killed and many more feared dead when an eight-storey building housing a market and garment factory collapsed in the town of Savar outside Dhaka
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25 April: The death toll from the building collapse in Dhaka has risen to 160, with people trapped under the rubble of a complex that housed garment factories supplying retailers in Europe and North America
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27/28 April: Factory bosses were arrested, 72 hours after the deadly collapse of a building where low-cost garments were made for Western brands, as the death toll rose to
348 and angry workers protested on the streets of the capital
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29 avril: Un incendie a éclaté dans les décombres de l'immeuble de Dacca, mettant fin à tout espoir de retrouver de nouveaux survivants dans les ruines
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10 May: The death toll from the Dhaka garments factory collapse soared past 1,000 on Friday, while the list of the dead from the fire on 8 May 2013 at a sweater manufacturer showed the entanglement of the industry and top Bangladeshi officials
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10 May: Woman rescued in the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building 17 days after collapse
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14 mai: Fin des recherches dans l'immeuble effondré où périrent plus de 1.100 ouvriers du textile, mais des dizaines de proches éplorés attendaient toujours des nouvelles de leurs disparus
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24 juin: Des centaines d'ouvriers du textile et des survivants de l'effondrement du Rana Plaza ont manifesté deux mois après l'accident, en réclamant des comptes au gouvernement sur les personnes toujours portées disparues et sur le volet financier
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25 July: The mayor of Savar arrested over Rana Plaza factory disaster in April
May 2013:
1 May 2013: Savar, a suburb of Dhaka, is a dusty, chaotic industrial center littered with factories that produce clothes for leading Western brands, whose building codes are often unenforced, regulatory oversight is flimsy, and whose men wielding power often travel with armed guards
Dhaka garment factory fire 8 May 2013:
Dhaka garment factory fire 8 May 2013
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9 May 2013: Eight people were killed when a fire broke out ih a clothing factory in the Mirpur industrial district of Dhaka, belonging to the Tung Hai Group, a large garment exporter whose retailers include Britain's Primark and Inditex Group of Spain
September 2013:
13 September: A two-day meeting of clothing retailers, with key names including Walmart, Benetton, Mango staying away, and pressure groups aimed at reaching a compensation deal for victims of two Bangladesh factory disasters ended in failure
October 2013 garment factory fire:
8 October: A fire at a garment factory outside Bangladesh's capital has killed at least 10 people on Tuesday
2014 job losses and strike:
10 March: Several thousand Bangladeshi garment workers have lost their jobs after their factory, where they stitched clothes for Western retailers, was discovered with serious safety problems and shut down
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11 August 2014: Garment workers in five Bangladeshi factories, that supplied clothes for Walmart and other western retailers finally received their wages on Sunday following an 11-day hunger strike, after police arrested union leaders and used batons and pepper spray on garment workers to break strike
2015 Mirpur plastics factory fire:
31 January 2015: Plastics factory fire in Mirpur kills at least 13 people
2015:
22 April 2015: Bangladesh garment workers making clothes for western firms suffer poor conditions two years after reform vows
2016 labor conditions:
31 May 2016: It’s been more than three years since 1,138 workers were killed when the Rana Plaza factory collapsed in Bangladesh, yet little progress has been made to improve labor conditions for garment workers, according to researchers and activists
September 2016 factory fire:
10 September 2016: A fire at a food and cigarette packaging factory outside Dhaka killed at least 23 people and injured dozens
November 2016:
21 November 2016: Alliance consortium, which includes Walmart, Gap and Target, has pushed back deadlines to implement fire exits, alarms and structural renovations more than three years after deadly Rana Plaza collapse, after Walmart declined to sign an accord and founded an alliance including Gap, Target, Hudson’s Bay Company, whose brands include Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor, and VF Corporation, whose brands include North Face, Timberland, Vans and Wrangler, independent survey says
July 2017 garment factory's boiler explosion:
4 July 2017: At least eight people were killed and up to 50 injured after a boiler exploded at a garment factory in Gazipur on the outskirts of Dhaka
February 2019 Dhaka fire and explosion:
20 February 2019 Dhaka fire and explosion
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21 February 2019: At least 80 people have died after a massive fire engulfed apartment buildings that also housed chemical warehouses in Dhaka
March 2019 FR Tower Fire:
28 March 2019 FR Tower Fire that broke out on the eighth floor of the 22-storey building at the commercial Banani area of Dhaka
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28 March 2019: A huge fire has torn through an office block in Dhaka, killing at least five people, with many others feared trapped in the latest disaster to hit the Bangladeshi capital
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31 March 2019: Bangladesh police arrest building owners over fatal Dhaka blaze, killing 26 people and injuring about 70, as authorities say complex had no fire-protected staircases and top floors were illegally constructed
November 2019 gas pipeline explosion in Chittagong:
17 November 2019: At least seven people were killed and eight injured on Sunday after a gas pipeline exploded in the Bangladeshi port city of Chittagong
Agriculture in Bangladesh:
Agriculture in Bangladesh
, including rice and jute, wheat, maize and tea - most Bangladeshis (about 40% of the labor force) earn their living from agriculture
Forestry in Bangladesh:
Forestry in Bangladesh
Fishing in Bangladesh:
Fishing in Bangladesh
Water in Bangladesh, water supply and management:
Water in Bangladesh
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Bodies of water of Bangladesh
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Rivers of Bangladesh
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Water supply and sanitation in Bangladesh
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Water management in Dhaka
Sharing the water of the Ganges
2013:
30 June 2013: About 450 employees fell ill after complaining of contaminated water at their workplace near the Bangladeshi capital, the second such incident to hit the same garment factory in recent days
2016:
6 April 2016: Nearly 20 million Bangladeshis are still drinking water poisoned with high levels of arsenic despite millions of wells being tested and hundreds of thousands of safe ones having been bored to avert a major health crisis, according to a new report
Wetlands of Bangladesh:
Wetlands of Bangladesh
Environmental issues in Bangladesh:
Environmental issues in Bangladesh
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Floods in Bangladesh
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Climate change in Bangladesh
Waste management in Bangladesh
Tourism in Bangladesh:
Tourism in Bangladesh
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Visitor attractions in Bangladesh
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World Heritage Sites
in Bangladesh
Transport in Bangladesh:
Transport
in Bangladesh
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Transport infrastructure in Bangladesh
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Bangladesh Railway
Road transport in Bangladesh:
Road transport in Bangladesh
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Roads in Bangladesh
Water transport in Bangladesh:
Water transport in Bangladesh
Maritime incidents in Bangladesh
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15 May 2014: Sinking of the MV Miraj-4
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18 May 2014: Anguished relatives protested a decision to stop searching for bodies of passengers they feared were trapped inside the sunken ferry MV Miraj-4 leaving at least 54 dead
Foreign trade of Bangladesh:
Foreign trade of Bangladesh
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Special economic zones of Bangladesh
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Chittagong Export Processing Zone, the first and one of the eight export processing zones in Bangladesh located at South Halishahar in Chittagong, established in 1983
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Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority - Bangladesh's government provides numerous incentives for investors for opening factories in EPZs, new factories enjoy tax holidays for 5 years, labour unions and other activities that are often viewed detrimental to productivity and are banned inside the EPZs
March 2020 Bangladesh garment makers say $3B in orders lost to Chinese virus:
30 March 2020: Bangladesh, which is the world's second largest exporter of clothing after China, garment manufacturers says fashion retailers have cancelled or put on hold more than $3 billion in orders due to the Chinese coronavirus outbreak, though a handful have agreed to pay anyway
2 April 2020 fashion brands' cancellations of £2.4bn orders 'catastrophic’ for Bangladesh:
2 April 2020: Fashion brands' cancellations of £2.4bn orders 'catastrophic’ for Bangladesh, as garment workers left 'abandoned’ by move to cut losses in wake of coronavirus crisis by retailers including Primark and Edinburgh Woollen Mill
Banking in Bangladesh:
Banking in Bangladesh
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List of banks in Bangladesh
Economic history of Bangladesh and business cycles:
Economic history of Bangladesh
21st century industrial distasters in Bangladesh:
2005 Dhaka garment factory collapse
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2011 Bangladesh share market scam, 2013 Dhaka garment factory collapse and 2014 Sundarbans oil spill
Since February 2020 socio-economic impact of the 2019–20 Chinese coronavirus pandemic on South Asia:
Since February 2020 socio-economic impact of the 2019–20 Chinese coronavirus pandemic on South Asia
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Since March 2020 Chinese coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh
2 April 2020 fashion brands' cancellations of orders 'catastrophic’ for Bangladesh:
2 April 2020: More than a million Bangaldeshi garment workers have been sent home without pay or have lost their jobs after western clothing brands cancelled or suspended £2.4bn of existing orders in the wake of the Covid-19 epidemic, according to data from the Bangladeshi and Garment Exporters Association
4 February 2021 Bangladeshis cut off from jobs abroad face rising poverty:
4 February 2021: Bangladeshis cut off from jobs abroad face rising poverty, as whole communities supported by overseas work are at risk of extreme poverty after the pandemic forced thousands home
Labour in Bangladesh:
Labour in Bangladesh
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Women in Bangladesh's garment industry
Since March 2020 economic and social impact of covid-19 pandemic:
Since March 2020 economic and social impact of covid-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
3 April 2020 one-quarter of garment workers lost jobs amid covid-19 pandemic:
3 April 2020: 1 million Bangladeshi workers, one-quarter of garment workers in Bangladesh,the world's second-largest clothing manufacturer after China, have been fired or furloughed because of declining global orders amid the coronavirus crisis
Child labour in Bangladesh:
Child labour in Bangladesh
2009:
26 October 2009: ILO report on child labour in Bangladesh
2013:
15 May 2013: Combating child labour through education
2016:
25 July 2016: Police have arrested a textile mill worker in Rupganj town for allegedly torturing a nine-year-old boy in the spinning mill making clothes for western retailers, one of millions of child labourers in impoverished Bangladesh and many of them employed in hazardous industries, to death with an air compressor, the second such claim in less than a year, according to officers
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7 December 2016: Child labour 'rampant' in Bangladesh factories, as survey finds that 15% of six- to 14-year-olds living in poorest households work an average of 64 hours a week
Rural and urban poverty in Bangladesh:
Poverty in Bangladesh
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Rural and urban poverty in Bangladesh
List of slums in Bangladesh
2013:
3 February 2013: Hundreds of homes burned in a fire in shantytown in the capital Dhaka
2015:
10 July 2015: A stampede during a charity handout in the northern city of Mymensingh left at least 23 people dead on Friday as hundreds of desperately poor people tried to get their hands on free clothing, police says
Military in Bangladesh:
Military in Bangladesh
and Bangladesh Armed Forces
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Military history of Bangladesh
Military coups in Bangladesh:
Military coups in
Bangladesh
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1982 Bangladesh coup d'état and Ershad's regime 1983-1990
Taxation and budget in Bangladesh:
Taxation
in Bangladesh
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National Board of Revenue publications
2015/2016:
20 July 2015: Bangladesh enacts 2015-2016 budget proposals
2017/2018:
27 February 2018: Bangladeshi government will request a record 4.20 trillion taka or around $51 billion national budget for the next 2017-2018 fiscal year beginning in July
Politics of Bangladesh:
Politics of Bangladesh
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Constitution of Bangladesh since 1972
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Amendments to the Constitution of Bangladesh
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2006-2008 Bangladeshi political crisis
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Government of Grand Alliance 2009-present
Political parties in Bangladesh:
Political parties in Bangladesh
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List of political parties in Bangladesh
Trade unions in Bangladesh:
Trade unions in Bangladesh
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Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority - Bangladesh's government provides numerous incentives for investors for opening factories in EPZs, new factories enjoy tax holidays for 5 years, labour unions and other activities that are often viewed detrimental to productivity and are banned inside the EPZs
Elections and politics in Bangladesh:
Elections
in Bangladesh
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10 April 2013: Bangladesh's election commission has declared April 29 as the date to hold presidential election in the country
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22 April 2013: Abdul Hamid won presidential elections following the death of Zillur Rahman on 20 March 2013
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1 August 2013: Bangladesh court cancels registration of right-wing party Jamaat-e-Islami
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2 December: Bangladesh's 18-party opposition coalition confirms poll boycott on deadline day
Bangladeshi general election January 2014:
Bangladeshi general election 5 January 2014
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2 January: One person was killed on the first day of BNP's countrywide nonstop blockade to foil the January 5 general election
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4 January: Dozens of voting booths were attacked on the eve of elections and an activist was killed in clashes with Awami League supporters in Patgram
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5 janvier: Nombreux lieux de vote attaqués dans le cadre des législatives au
Bangladesh
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5 January: The violence against Bangladesh's general election continues
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6 January: Low turnout mars Bangladesh polls
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6 January: Ruling Awami League wins the violence-plagued election whose outcome was never in doubt after the boycott
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7 January: Pressure mounts on Bangladesh PM after walkover re-election, as the USA demands a swift re-run that would include all the major parties
2015:
5 January 2015: Deadly clashes erupt on the streets of Bangladesh on the first anniversary of elections as police besiege the main opposition leader in her office
December 2018:
25 décembre 2018: La police du Bangladesh a arrêté plus de 10'500 militants de l'opposition au cours des dernières semaines, qui ont dénoncé une opération d'intimidation avant les élections législatives
December 2018 Bangladeshi general election:
30 December 2018 Bangladeshi general election
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30 December 2018: Four deaths, one at the hands of police who claimed to be stopping an attack on a polling station, are the latest in a campaign marred by violence, the mass arrest of opposition leaders and activists, and Hasina's statement that human rights are a peripheral concern to most Bangladeshis
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31 December 2018: Bangladesh’s opposition has rejected the 'farcical' results of national elections, after at least 17 people were killed and with claims ruling Awami League rigged country’s first contested election in a decade
January 2019:
2 January 2019: Bangladeshi journalist Hedayet Hossain Mollah, who works for the Dhaka Tribune newspaper, was arrested and another was on the run after being accused of publishing 'false information' about voting irregularities in an election, allegedly won by PM Sheikh Hasina
September 2020 climate crisis and covid-19 crying out for international cooperation and solidarity:
22 September 2020: The climate crisis and covid-19 are crying out for international cooperation, writes the prime minister of Bangladesh
Social movements and protests:
Protests in Bangladesh
1969 Mass uprising in East Pakistan:
1969 Mass uprising in East Pakistan
Since 1972 movement demanding trial of war criminals:
Since 1972 movement demanding trial of war criminals in Bangladesh and timeline until 2013
1990 Mass Uprising in Bangladesh against military rule:
1990 Mass Uprising in Bangladesh against military rule
2012 anti-government protest:
12. März 2012: Tausende fordern Rücktritt der Regierung in Bangladesh - größte Demonstration seit der Wahl von 2008
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24 April 2012: Bangladeshis strike over missing politician
2012 Tazreen Fashion factory fire protests:
Tazreen Fashion factory fire 24 November 2012
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26 November 2012: Garment workers staged mass protests to demand the end to 'deathtrap' labour conditions after Bangladesh's worst-ever textile factory fire in Tazreen Fashion factory, as a new blaze in Dhaka sparked fresh panic and terror
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27 November: Protesters and factories workers across the country took to the streets for a second day to express their anger over the Tazreen Fashion factory fire
9 December 2012: Opposition parties have called a general strike after at least two people were killed in clashes during nationwide road blockades demanding a caretaker government to ensure elections due in 2014 are fair
2013:
7 January 2013: Police clash with anti-government protesters trying to enforce a general strike called to denounce a fuel price hike
2013 Shahbag protests
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4 March 2013: Bangladesh remains tense on day two of nationwide bandh, after 24 people have died overnight in clashes across the country related to a death sentence given to a top Islamist opposition leader for his role in atrocities
April 2013:
27 April: Police fired tear-gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of thousands of workers protesting the death of more than 300 colleagues in the collapsed building in Dhaka
May 2013:
1 mai: Des dizaines de milliers de manifestants au Bangladesh défilaient mercredi pour réclamer la pendaison des propriétaires d'ateliers de confection
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20 May: Bangladeshi police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at thousands of garment workers Monday as they demanded a wage hike at a protest in a manufacturing hub outside the capital Dhaka
September 2013:
23 septembre: Jusqu'à 200.000 ouvriers ont manifesté lundi pour le troisième jour consécutif et des dizaines de milliers d'ouvriers du textile ont bloqué des rues, exigeant un salaire mensuel minimum équivalent à 100 dollars
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25 September: Police have used batons, rubber bullets and tear gas to stop protests by garment workers in Bangladesh who want higher wages
November 2013:
12 November: Thousands of garment workers demanding higher pay clashed with police for a second day, leaving dozens of people injured and at least 200 factories closed
April 2014 protests to help victims of garment factory fire:
25 April: Western fashion brands faced pressure to increase help for victims of garment factory accident, as mass protests marked the one-year anniversary of the disaster that cost 1,138 lives
August 2014 garment workers' hunger strike:
11 August 2014: Garment workers in five Bangladeshi factories, that supplied clothes for Walmart and other western retailers finally received their wages on Sunday following an 11-day hunger strike, after police arrested union leaders and used batons and pepper spray on garment workers to break strike
February 2015 protests against attacks on civilians:
8 February 2015: Thousands of Bangladeshis form a human chain to protest against an increasing number of deadly attacks on civilians using petrol bombs
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27 February 2015: Protests in Dhaka after USA citizen Avijit Roy, whose blog championed liberal secular writing in Bangladesh, hacked to death by Islamists
April 2015 rallies supporting victims of 2013 Rana Plaza factory disaster:
18 April 2015: Rallies in Bangladesh as victims of Rana Plaza factory disaster in 2013 await compensation
September 2015 student protests:
August/September 2015 Bangladesh student protests demanding the VAT imposed on higher education in private universities be eliminated, following strong opposition, the VAT was reduced to 7.5% and the imposed VAT was withdrawn by the finance division after a cabinet meeting on 14 September 2015
November 2015 protest against Islamists' hacking attacks:
2 November 2015: Hundreds of people, including writers, publishers and bookshop owners, took to the streets of Dhaka to protest against government inaction over a string of murder attacks by suspected Islamists, including the hacking to death on Saturday of a publisher of secular books, as rallies were also held in other cities and towns to demand more protection
2016:
7 April 2016: Students protested Thursday in Dhaka after Nazimuddin Samad, a law student and secular activist, was hacked and shot to death in the Bangladeshi capital the day before
December 2016:
27 December 2016: At least 1,500 workers sacked from Bangladesh garment factories after tens of thousands of workers walked out of factories in Ashulia, which make clothes for top western brands such as USA's Gap, Spain's Zara and Sweden's H&M, in protests sparked by the sacking of 121 workers, but soon evolved into a demand for the trebling of workers’ pay from the current monthly minimum of 5,300 taka or £54, and escalated after police fired rubber bullets injuring demonstrators, branded the protests illegal and arrested workers including union leaders and a television reporter by using a controversial wartime-era law intended to deal with threats to state security
April-July 2018 Bangladesh quota reform protests:
Since 8 April 2018 Bangladesh quota reform protests, demanding reforms in policies regarding recruitment in the Bangladesh government services, initially began in Shahbag and Dhaka University campus and eventually spread to other parts of Bangladesh within days
Since 29 July 2018 Bangladesh road safety protests:
Since 29 July 2018 Bangladesh road safety protests
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3 August 2018: Tens of thousands of students, many of them teenagers, have brought areas of Bangladesh to a near-standstill during five days of protests following the deaths of two teenagers killed by a speeding bus, as Bangladesh’s transport sector is widely seen as corrupt, unregulated and dangerous
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5 août 2018: Bangladesh fait face à un mouvement de protestation sans précédent depuis 8 jours, les services Internet 3G et 4G sont coupés depuis samedi et une centaine de manifestants avaient été blessés lors de heurts avec la police qui a tiré des balles en caoutchouc en direction de manifestants
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5 August 2018: At least five photojournalists were injured as activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student front of ruling Awami League, equipped with iron roads and sticks, chased nearly 50 journalists and allegedly swooped on them at Science Lab intersection in Dhaka
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6 August 2018: Police in Bangladesh have arrested prize-winning photographer Shahidul Alam for comments made in an interview about protests
January 2019 textile workers strike and protests:
13 janvier 2019: Des milliers d'ouvriers du textile au Bangladesh qui confectionnent des vêtements pour les grandes chaînes d'habillement mondiales comme H&M ou Primark ont débrayé dimanche et manifesté pour demander de meilleurs salaires, dans le cadre d'un mouvement entamé il y a une semaine
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14 January 2019: Thousands of garment workers in Bangladesh who make clothes for top global brands have clashed with police as strike action over low wages entered a second week
26 April 2020 textile workers protest in Dhaka demanding wages:
26 April 2020: Textile workers in Dhaka took to the streets on Sunday demanding wages, flouting social distancing norms amid a nationwide lockdown to control covid-19 pandemic, as the second-largest apparel producer after China, Bangladesh is set to lose export revenue of about $6 billion this fiscal year as the sector has been hit by cancellations from some of the world's largest brands and retailers
Society, demographics, culture and human rights in Bangladesh:
Bangladeshi society
Divisions, districts and upazilas of Bangladesh:
8
Divisions
(or major regions) of Bangladesh
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64
Districts
of Bangladesh
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492
Upazilas
of Bangladesh
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4,554
Union councils
of Bangladesh
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Villages
of Bangladesh
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Rural and urban poverty in Bangladesh
List of regions of Bangladesh by Human Development Index:
List of regions of Bangladesh by Human Development Index, updated 2018
Cities and towns in Bangladesh:
List of
cities and towns
in Bangladesh
List of slums in Bangladesh:
List of slums in Bangladesh
Villages of Bangladesh and rural development:
Villages of Bangladesh
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Alphabetical list of villages in Bangladesh
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Rural development in Bangladesh
December 2020 frequency of natural disasters making life in rural areas increasingly difficult:
16 December 2020: The frequency of natural disasters is making life in rural areas increasingly difficult, pushing inhabitants into city slums, as extreme weather is emptying Bangladesh's villages
Dhaka city:
Dhaka city
, the capital, largest city of Bangladesh and one of the world's largest cities, with a population of 18.89 million people in the Greater Dhaka Area
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History of Dhaka
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Dhaka Metro Rail
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Culture of Dhaka
Education in Dhaka:
Education in Dhaka
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Schools in Dhaka
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Universities and colleges in Dhaka
Since 1912 Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology:
Since 1912 Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, a public university in Bangladesh which focuses on the study of engineering and architecture
Since 1921 University of Dhaka:
Since 1921 University of Dhaka, the oldest university in Bangladesh, ranking number one on the Bangladesh University Ranking 2017
Since 1992 National University of Bangladesh:
Since 1992 National University of Bangladesh, a parent university of Bangladesh with affiliated colleges and professional institutions throughout the country, the 3rd largest university in the world and headquartered in Gazipur on the outskirts of Dhaka
Since 1993 Central Women's University:
Since 1993 Central Women's University, one of the first private universities in Bangladesh
Since 1993 Independent University of Bangladesh:
Since 1993 Independent University of Bangladesh, one of the oldest private universities in Bangladesh located in Dhaka
Since 1996 East West University:
Since 1996 East West University, a private university and a non-profit organization, located in Dhaka
Since 2001 BRAC University in Dhaka:
Since 2001 BRAC University in Dhaka, a private University in Bangladesh, founded as a branch of the BRAC organization
Economy of Dhaka:
Economy of Dhaka, the financial and commercial capital of Bangladesh, accounting up to 35% of Bangladesh's economy, deriving significant revenue from international trade, textile, pharmachemical, other industries and financial institutions
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Transport in Dhaka
Timeline of Dhaka:
Timeline of Dhaka since 8th century CE
June 1757 Battle of Plassey:
June 1757 Battle of Plassey, a decisive victory of the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies, consolidating the Company's presence in Bengal, which later expanded to cover much of India over the next hundred years
1857 Indian Rebellion:
1857 Indian Rebellion, a major but ultimately unsuccessful uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British
Since 1921 University of Dhaka:
Since 1921 University of Dhaka, the oldest university in Bangladesh, ranking number one on the Bangladesh University Ranking 2017
1947 Dhaka city becomes capital of East Bengal:
1947 Dhaka city becomes capital of East Bengal, a province of newly independent Pakistan
1971 Dhaka University massacre:
1971 Dhaka University massacre
1971 People's Republic of Bangladesh:
1971 People's Republic of Bangladesh
Since 1985 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation:
Since 1985 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SAARC, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, founded in Dhaka on 8 December 1985, as its secretariat is based in Kathmandu in Nepal
June 2010 Dhaka fire in the Nimtali area:
June 2010 Dhaka fire in the Nimtali area of Old Dhaka, killing at least 124 people
November 2012 Dhaka garment factory fire:
November 2012 Dhaka garment factory fire
April 2013 Dhaka garment factory collapse:
April 2013 Dhaka garment factory collapse, killing 1,134 people and injuring approximately 2,500 others rescued from the building alive
February 2019 Dhaka fire:
February 2019 Dhaka fire, following a road accident and explosion, spreading to a group of buildings storing chemicals, and expanding to the historic district of Chowk Bazaar, killng at least 80 people and injuring 50 others
March 2019 FR Tower Fire:
March 2019 FR Tower Fire at the commercial Banani area of Dhaka, causing 25 deaths and injuring more than 70 others
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29 March 2019: Questions mount about building safety in Bangladesh capital after inferno kills at least 25 people
August 2019 Mirpur neighbourhood fire:
18 August 2019: A fire in the crowded slum of Dhaka's Mirpur neighbourhood has destroyed thousands of homes and left thousands of people homeless
,
as many residents – largely low-income garment factory workers – were not in the slum as they had left their homes to celebrate the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday with their families
September 2020 deadly gas pipeline blast kills 16 at mosque:
5 septembre 2020: Au moins 16 personnes ont été tuées et des dizaines d’autres ont subi des brûlures graves dans une explosion, probablement due à une fuite du gaz, dans une mosquée près de la capitale du Bangladesh
Barisal city:
Barisal city
, a major city that lies on the bank of Kirtankhola river in south-central Bangladesh, the largest city and the administrative headquarter of both Barisal district and Barisal Division
Economy of Barisal:
Economy of Barisal, as exports include agricultural products, Hilsha fish, medicine, empty gelatine capsules, anchor cement
Chittagong city:
Chittagong city
, a major coastal city and financial centre in southeastern Bangladesh with a population of more than 2.5 million inhabitants (metropolitan 4,009,423 inhabitants in 2011) making it the second largest city in the country
Economy and port of Chittagong:
Economy of Chittagong, one of the largest and most rapidly growing economies, as Chittagong is home of some of Bangladesh's top corporations, the second largest and the port-city of Bangladesh, serving as export hub of Bangladesh accounting for 45% of Bangladesh's national export
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Port of Chittagong, the busiest seaport on the coastline of the Bay of Bengal, the second busiest in the overall region of countries dependent on the Bay of Bengal, ranking as the 71st busiest port in the world in 2017
Timeline of Chittagong:
History and timeline of Chittagong since ancient times
Khulna city:
Khulna city
, the third-largest city of Bangladesh and the administrative seat of Khulna District and Khulna Division, with a population of 663,342 inhabitants in 2010, an old river port located on the Rupsha and Bhoirob river and served by Port of Mongla, the second largest seaport in the country
Economy of Khulna:
Economy of Khulna, the third largest economic centre in Bangladesh with various heavy and light industries, including jute, chemicals, fish and seafood packaging, food processing, sugar mills, power generation and shipbuilding
Port of Mongla:
Port of Mongla
, the second busiest seaport of Bangladesh, located in Bagerhat District, one of the major ports of the Bengal delta
Rajshahi city:
Rajshahi city
, a major urban, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh, also the administrative seat of eponymous division and district, located on the north bank of the Padma River, near the Bangladesh-India border, with a population of over 763,952 residents
Economy of Rajshahi:
Economy of Rajshahi, including, apart from usual Bangladeshi agricultural products such as rice, wheat, potatoes and lentils, various crops such as mangoes, lichis, sugarcane, tomatoes and watermelons
Sylhet city:
Sylhet city
in northeastern Bangladesh, the administrative seat of Sylhet Division and located on the right bank of the Surma River in northeastern Bengal
Educational in Sylhet:
List of educational institutions in Sylhet
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Education in Sylhet District
Since 1986 Shahjalal University of Science and Technology:
Since 1986 Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Since 1995 Sylhet Agricultural University:
Since 1995 Sylhet Agricultural University, a government-financed public university in Sylhet
Economy of Sylhet:
Economy of Sylhet, one of Bangladesh's main business centers
Demographics and ethnic groups in Bangladesh:
Demographics
of Bangladesh
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Indigenous peoples in Bangladesh
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Ethnic groups in Bangladesh
Culture and languages in Bangladesh:
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Culture of Bangladesh
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Languages of Bangladesh
Women and women's rights in Bangladesh:
Women
in Bangladesh
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Women's rights in Bangladesh
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Women in Bangladesh's garment industry
Violence against women in Bangladesh:
Violence against women in Bangladesh
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Rape in Bangladesh
April 2019:
18 April 2019: Teenage Bangladeshi girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi who reported being sexually harassed by her headteacher has died after being set on fire at school, after police and school authorities had ignored her complaints
Bangladeshi 'Acid Survivors Foundation':
'Acid Survivors Foundation' Bangladeshi organisation dedicated to raising awareness and preventing acid attacks and providing survivors with medical and legal aid
Gender inequality in Bangladesh:
Gender inequality in Bangladesh
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee and Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association:
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) - women's welfare in Bangladesh
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Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association
Children and adolescents in Bangladesh:
Children and adolescents in Bangladesh
Child labour in Bangladesh:
Child labour in Bangladesh
2009:
26 October 2009: ILO report on child labour in Bangladesh
2009/2013:
15 May 2013: Project to combat child labour through education in Bangladesh, where an estimated 13% of children aged 5-14 work full-time
2017:
24 January 2017: Garment brands contribute to low wages, long working hours, child labour and school dropouts in Bangladesh, according to 'Stop Child Labour' and SOMO's report 'Branded Childhood’
Education in Bangladesh:
Education in Bangladesh
Schools in Bangladesh:
Schools in Bangladesh
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Schools in Bangladesh by district
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High schools in Bangladesh
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List of schools in Bangladesh
Public and private Universities and colleges in Bangladesh:
Universities
in Bangladesh, including public and private universities
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Universities and colleges in Bangladesh
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Public universities of Bangladesh
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Private universities in Bangladesh
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Universities and colleges in Bangladesh by type
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Textile schools in Bangladesh
Universities and colleges in Dhaka and Chittagong:
Universities and colleges in Dhaka
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List of colleges in Chittagong
University of Dhaka, established in 1921 during the British Raj, the oldest university in modern Bangladesh and a significant contributor to the modern history of Bangladesh
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Asian University for Women, the first liberal arts university for women in South Asia, located in the port city of Chittagong
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European University of Bangladesh since 2012
October 2019 protests against politically motivated attacks:
10 October 2019: The father of an engineering student who was beaten to death at his university halls in Bangladesh has demanded justice for his son, as protests against politically motivated attacks on campuses continued
Health in Bangladesh:
Health in Bangladesh
Medical outbreaks in Bangladesh:
Medical outbreaks in Bangladesh
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Health disasters in Bangladesh
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Disasters and man-made disasters in Bangladesh
April 2019 - January 2020 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh:
April 2019 - January 2020 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh, a nationwide occurrence of dengue fever in Bangladesh
Since February 2020 Chinese coronavirus pandemic Bangladesh:
Since March 2020 Chinese coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh
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Since February 2020 socio-economic impact of the 2019–20 Chinese coronavirus pandemic on South Asia
29 March 2020 at least 6 more people died with symptoms similar to that of COVID-19:
29 March 2020: At least 6 more people died with symptoms similar to that of COVID-19, one in Khulna, two in Barishal, one in Rajshahi, one in Manikganj and one in Lalmonirhat, on Sunday and Saturday night, as former WHO regional adviser Muzaherul Huq warns the government should increase the capacity to test more people and isolate them if found positive for coronavirus, also saying government lacks preparation for a possible catastrophic situation
Healthcare in Bangladesh:
Healthcare in Bangladesh
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Healthcare
in Dhaka
Hospitals in Bangladesh:
Hospitals
in Bangladesh
Schools of medicine in Bangladesh:
Schools of medicine in Bangladesh
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List of medical colleges in Bangladesh
Water supply and sanitation in Bangladesh:
Water supply and sanitation in Bangladesh
2013:
30 June 2013: About 450 employees fell ill after complaining of contaminated water at their workplace near the Bangladeshi capital, the second such incident to hit the same garment factory in recent days
2016:
6 April 2016: Nearly 20 million Bangladeshis are still drinking water poisoned with high levels of arsenic despite millions of wells being tested and hundreds of thousands of safe ones having been bored to avert a major health crisis, according to a new report
Media and censorship in Bangladesh:
Media of Bangladesh
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Censorship in Bangladesh
October/November 2013:
20 November 2013: Bangladesh's 'Information and Communication Technology Act' draconian assault on free expression
May 2018:
9 May 2018: Scores of people have been arrested over the past five years in Bangladesh under section 57 of the ICT Act for criticizing the government, political leaders, and others on Facebook, as well as in blogs, online newspapers, or other social media, Human Rights Watch says
August 2018 photojournalists hurt in BCL attack and arrested:
5 August 2018: At least five photojournalists were injured as activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student front of ruling Awami League, equipped with iron roads and sticks, chased nearly 50 journalists and allegedly swooped on them at Science Lab intersection in Dhaka
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6 August 2018: At least 20 plainclothes officers arrested prize-winning photographer Shahidul Alam at his home in Dhaka at about 10pm on Sunday for comments made in an interview about protests
List of journalists killed in Bangladesh since 1992:
List of journalists killed in Bangladesh since 1992
2012:
30 December 2012: 2012 South Asia mourned the murder of 25 media persons, 13 journalists in Pakistan, five in India, three in Bangladesh, and two each in Nepal and Afghanistan, a report says
Newspapers in Bangladesh:
Newspapers
in Bangladesh
Broadcasting in Bangladesh:
Broadcasting
in Bangladesh
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Bangladeshi television and radio channels
Internet and censorship in Bangladesh:
Internet
in Bangladesh
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Internet censorship and surveillance in Bangladesh
2013:
4 April 2013 Bengali blog blackout
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25 April 2013 and 2 May 2013: Worldwide Protests for Free Expression in Bangladesh
Social media and telecommunications in Bangladesh:
Telecommunications in Bangladesh
2018/2019 social media statistics:
June 2018 - June 2019 Social Media statistics in Bangladesh
October 2018 surveillance:
19 October 2018: The Bangladesh government has embarked upon intensive and intrusive surveillance and monitoring of social media ahead of national elections, raising concern over a chilling effect on speech, according to Human Rights Watch
25 July 2019 eight people killed in lynchings:
25 July 2019: Eight people, including two women, have been killed in vigilante lynchings in Bangladesh, sparked by rumours on social media of children being kidnapped and sacrificed as offerings for the construction of a mega-bridge on the Padma, according to police, as more than 30 other people have been attacked in connection with the rumours
Crime in Bangladesh:
Crime in Bangladesh
Corruption in Bangladesh:
Corruption
in Bangladesh
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Anti Corruption Commission Bangladesh
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18 October 2005: Bangladesh has been ranked as the most corrupt country on earth in the latest list of corrupt nations published by Transparency International
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Corruption Perceptions Index 2012 Bangladesh rank 144
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Bangladesh has been ranked 136th in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2013
2013:
23 December 2013: Bangladesh police brought charges over the Tazreen factory garment factory fire, accusing the owners and 11 others of negligence that led to the loss of 111 lives
2014:
9 February 2014: Fugitive owners of fire-disaster Tazreen Fashions factory sent to jail
15 June 2014: Anti-graft commission accuses 17 people with violations over 2013 garment factory collapse that killed 1130 people in Dhaka
Human trafficking in Bangladesh:
Human trafficking
in Bangladesh
Violence against women in Bangladesh:
Violence against women
in Bangladesh
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Rape in Bangladesh
April 2019 murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi:
10 April 2019 murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi
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18 April 2019: Teenage Bangladeshi girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi who reported being sexually harassed by her headteacher has died after being set on fire at school, after police and school authorities had ignored her complaints
May 2019:
29 May 2019: Bangladeshi police are set to charge 16 people, including the headteacher of an Islamic seminary, with the murder of 19-year-old Nusrat Jahan Rafi who was burned to death
Human rights abuses in Bangladesh:
Human rights abuses in Bangladesh<
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Forced disappearance in Bangladesh:
Forced disappearance in Bangladesh
Torture in Bangladesh:
Torture in Bangladesh
Police brutality in Bangladesh:
Police brutality in Bangladesh
Human rights, religion, religious violence and terrorism in Bangladesh:
Human rights in Bangladesh
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Religious violence in Bangladesh
Religion in Bangladesh
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Freedom of religion in Bangladesh
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Buddhism in Bangladesh
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Hinduism in Bangladesh
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Islam in Bangladesh
War crimes in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Liberation War 1971, war tribunal since 2011 and protests:
War crimes in Bangladesh
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Bangladesh Liberation War 1971
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1971 Bangladesh atrocities
Since 1972 movement demanding trial of war criminals:
Since 1972 movement demanding trial of war criminals in Bangladesh and timeline until 2013
2011 International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh:
10 August 2011: Bangladesh war tribunal to start work in Dhaka
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International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh)
2013:
5 February 2013: Abdul Kader Mullah, senior Jamaat-e-Islami party leader, sentenced to life for crimes against humanity during 1971 war
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16 February 2013: At least four people are killed as opposition activists clash with police during protests over war crimes trial
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9 May 2013: Muhammad Kamaruzzaman sentenced to death in the fourth verdict in Bangladesh's war crimes tribunals
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15 July 2013: Special Bangladeshi court sentenced top Islamist Ghulam Azam to 90 years in prison for masterminding atrocities during the 1971 war
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17 July 2013: Bangladesh Islamist leader Mohammad Mojaheed sentenced to death for 1971 war crimes
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17 September: Bangladesh Supreme Court sentences Islamist leader Abdul Quader Mollah to death for war crimes
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12/13 December 2013: Bangladesh executes Islamist leader
Abdul Quader Molla for war crimes
Violence in Bangladesh:
Violence in Bangladesh
Massacres in Bangladesh:
Massacres in Bangladesh
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List of massacres in Bangladesh since 1971
Murder and lynchings in Bangladesh:
Murder in Bangladesh
25 July 2019 eight people killed in lynchings:
25 July 2019: Eight people, including two women, have been killed in vigilante lynchings in Bangladesh, sparked by rumours on social media of children being kidnapped and sacrificed as offerings for the construction of a mega-bridge on the Padma, according to police, as more than 30 other people have been attacked in connection with the rumours
Riots, violence and terrorism in Bangladesh since 2001:
Terrorism
in Bangladesh
2001:
2001 Ramna Batamul bombings
2004/2005:
2004 Dhaka grenade attack
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2005 Bangladesh bombings
2012:
Hathazari violence February 2012
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Fatehpur violence March 2012
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Chirirbandar violence August 2012
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Ramu violence September 2012
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30 September 2012: Hundreds of Muslims have set fire to at least 10 Buddhist temples and 2.100 homes in southern Bangladesh after picture of allegedly desecrated Quran on Facebook
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1 October: Troops deployed after new attacks on Buddhists
2013 timeline including riots, violence and terrorist incidents in Bangladesh:
Bangladesh timeline including riots, violence and terrorist incidents in 2013
2014 timeline including riots, violence and terrorist incidents in Bangladesh:
2014 Bangladesh timeline including riots, violence and terrorist incidents
2015 timeline including riots, violence and terrorist incidents in Bangladesh:
2015 Bangladesh timeline including riots, violence and terrorist incidents
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24 January 2015: At least 34 people died and scores injured amid rising political unrest fueled by a stand-off between PM Hasina and BNP
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3 February 2015: Seven people killed in in the southeastern district of Comilla after petrol bombs thrown at bus trying to enforce a transport boycott
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7 February: At least nine people, including two children, were burned alive in Dhaka when terrorists hurled petrol bombs at a packed bus and a truck
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24 October 2015: At least one person killed and nearly 80 wounded on Saturday in a bomb attack outside the main Shia site in Dhaka as thousands gathered for the annual Ashura procession
2016 timeline including riots, violence and terrorist incidents in Bangladesh:
2016 timeline including riots, violence and terrorist incidents in Bangladesh
July 2016 Gulshan attack:
1 July 2016 Gulshan attack
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2 July 2016: 20 hostages were killed in Dhaka attack that ended when security forces stormed the upscale restaurant where heavily armed militants were holding dozens of people
2013 Bangladesh riots and anti-Hindu violence:
2013 Bangladesh riots
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28 February: At least 30 people are reported to have been killed and hundreds injured in protests after member from Jamaat-e-Islami party Delwar Hossain Sayedee was sentenced to death for war crimes
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1 March 2013: Death toll over death sentence for convicted Delwar Hossain Sayedee reaches 42
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as new round of clashes erupt in Bangladesh
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3 March: Bangladesh deploys troops in the north as six more people were killed in fresh clashes
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5 March: Jamaat-e-Islami activists clashed with security forces for a fifth day on Monday during a nationwide strike called to denounce war crimes trials, leaving at least three people dead and dozens injured
2013 Bangladesh Anti-Hindu violence
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19 December 2013: Eight Awami activists sentenced to death by a fast-track Bangladeshi court for hacking to death a Hindu man during a nationwide strike in 2012
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7 January 2014: Seven BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami activists arrested for attacks on Hindus in Jessore and Dinajpur, after members of the community voted despite opposition's call to boycott Sunday's elections
2013 Shahbag protests:
2013 Shahbag protests
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16 February 2013: One of the organisers of the Shahbagh protest blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider’s throat was slit after he was hacked to death by the attackers, police say
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28 February 2013: Calls grow for banning Jamaat-e-Islami in BD
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2 March 2013: Police arrested five students on charges of murdering anti-Islamist blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider whose death triggered nationwide turmoil
Demand for a new blasphemy law, persecution and murder of secularists in Bangladesh:
Since 2012 a number of secularist writers, bloggers, publishers and activists in Bangladesh have been killed or seriously injured in attacks amid tensions between Bangladeshi secularists, who want the country to maintain its secularist tradition of separation of religion and state, and Islamists, who want an Islamic state
2012:
16 June 2012: Journalist Zamal Uddin stabbed to death at Kashipur Bazar in Jessore district
2013:
18 February 2013: Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the murder of Ahmed Rajib Haider, who was hacked to death in Dhaka on 15 February
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6 April 2013: Hundreds of thousands of Islamists rallied in Dhaka on Saturday to demand the execution of bloggers for allegedly defaming Islam
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6 May: At least 22 people were killed as Bangladeshi police fought pitch battles with tens of thousands of Islamists in Dhaka demanding blasphemy law
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10 June: Protestors clashed with police in several towns as the latest strike declared by the nation's largest Islamic party paralysed much of the country
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27 October: Three killed as political strike grips Bangladesh
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27 November: Bangladesh opposition supporters blocked roads and ripped up railway tracks in protests against the announcement of an election date, leaving four people dead and plunging the nation into fresh turmoi
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2 December 2013: Bangladeshi ministers escape bomb attacks ahead of next month's general elections
2015:
12 May 2015: Secular blogger Ananta Bijoy Das has been hacked to death in north-eastern city of Sylhet, the third such deadly attack this year and an attack, that fellow writers said highlighted a culture of impunity
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30 March 2015: Blogger Washiqur Rahman has been hacked to death in Dhaka, in the latest brutal attack on Bangladesh’s independent writers
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7 August 2015: Secular blogger Niloy Chakrabarti hacked to death with machetes after a gang broke into his apartment in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Friday, had told police of threats against him and requested protection weeks before he died
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31 October 2015: The publisher of secular books Faisal Abedin Deepan hacked to death in the Bangladeshi capital while in a separate attack in Dhaka two other writers and a publisher were stabbed and shot at a publishing house
2016:
7 April 2016: Bangladeshi law student Nazimuddin Samad, who had been on a Islamists' death list sent to Bangladesh’s interior ministry, and who criticised Islamism on his Facebook page, has been hacked to death by at least four assailants in Dhaka, the latest in a series of killings of secular activists and bloggers in the country
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23 April 2016: University English professor Rezaul Karim Siddique in Bangladesh hacked to death in an assault police say bears the hallmarks of previous killings by Islamist militants of secular and atheist activists
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26 April 2016: USA embassy worker, LGBT rights activist Julhas Mannan and Tanay Mojumdar murdered Monday evening in Dhaka
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14 May 2016: A Buddhist monk reportedly found hacked to death on Saturday in the southeastern district of Bandarban, the latest in a spate of murders of religious minorities and secular activists
Law and and legal history in Bangladesh:
Law of
Bangladesh
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Legal history of Bangladesh
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Constitution of Bangladesh
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Amendments to the Constitution of Bangladesh
Judiciary of Bangladesh:
Judiciary of Bangladesh
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Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the highest court of law in Bangladesh composed of the High Court Division and the Appellate Division
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Dhaka High Court
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Chief Justice of Bangladesh, the chief amongst the judges of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and also head of the whole judicial establishments, including subordinate courts, appointed by The President of Bangladesh, who sits in the Appellate Division with other judges to hear and decide cases
2016:
5/6 May 2016: Bangladeshi High Court declares the 16th Amendment to the Constitution establishing Parliament’s power to remove the Supreme Court judges
illegal and contradictory to the Constitution
November 2019 death sentences to Islamist militants for plotting 2016 cafe attack:
27 November 2019: Bangladesh court has handed death sentences to 7 members of an Islamist militant group for plotting an attack on a cafe in 2016 that killed 22 people, mostly foreigners, in the south Asian country’s worst such incident
Law enforcement in Bangladesh:
Law enforcement in Bangladesh
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Law enforcement agencies of Bangladesh
2016:
12 June 2016: 4 days after the wife of a police superintendent, who led operations against Islamist militants and drug cartels, was shot and stabbed to death in the city of Chittagong, Bangladeshi police arrest thousands, including 85 suspected Islamist radicals, trying to stop the waves of attacks on minorities and activists
Foreign relations of Bangladesh:
Foreign relations of Bangladesh
Treaties of Bangladesh:
Treaties of Bangladesh
Bangladesh/United Nations relations:
Bangladesh/
United Nations
relations
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19 November 2013: Bangladesh must introduce sweeping reforms in its garment industry to maintain economic growth, the ILO says
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8 December 2013: UN launches effort to end political deadlock over the general elections on January 5
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10 March 2014: UN envoy says Bangladesh needs billions of dollars to adapt to climate change as donors fail to match pledges with money
Bangladesh's participation UN in peacekeeping missions:
Bangladesh among nations that participate in
UN peacekeeping
missions
Bilateral relations of Bangladesh:
Bilateral relations
of Bangladesh
Bangladesh/Burma relations:
Bangladesh/
Burma
relations
2012:
13 June 2012: Bangladesh turns away Rakhine refugees
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22 July 2012: More than 300.000 from Myanmar live in makeshift camps along its border with Bangladesh as unregistered refugees
2016:
25 November 2016: Thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar where they have been attacked by security forces are being pushed back by the Bangladeshi authorities, according to rights group
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28 novembre 2016: Plusieurs bateaux de Rohingyas fuyant les violences dans l'ouest de la Birmanie ont été refoulés lundi par le Bangladesh
2017:
12 September 2017: Bangladesh’s PM Sheikh Hasina has urged Myanmar to take back an estimated 370,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled across the border in recent weeks in response to a violent crackdown by the Burmese military
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23 November 2017: Myanmar and Bangladesh have signed an initial deal for the possible repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled violence in Rakhine state
2018:
11 avril 2018: Les enfants de la minorité Rohingya vivant dans des camps de réfugiés au Bangladesh présentent des niveaux de malnutrition et d'anémie inquiétants, taux qui dépassent largement les niveaux considérés comme nécessitant une action urgente, selon une étude publiée mardi
February 2020 overcrowded boat carrying about 138 Rohingya refugees from Bangladeshi camps has sunk:
11 February 2020: An overcrowded boat carrying about 138 Rohingya refugees from Bangladeshi camps has sunk in the Bay of Bengal, leaving at least 15 confirmed dead and more than 50 still missing, Bangladeshi officials
16 April 2020 Bangladesh rescues 382 Rohingya drifting at sea for weeks:
16 April 2020: Bangladesh's coast guard rescues 382 starving Rohingya refugees, drifting at sea for weeks after failing to reach Malaysia, lured by traffickers as owner of the boat is a Myanmar Buddhist, officials said
4 December 2020 Bangladesh begins moving Rohingya families to remote island:
4 December 2020: Bangladesh has begun moving Rohingya families from camps near the Myanmar border to a settlement on a remote island, despite concerns about its safety and a lack of consent from the refugees
Bangladesh/European Union relations:
Bangladesh/
European Union
relations
Economic relations:
The European Union is Bangladesh's largest trading parting accounting for 24% Bangladesh's total trade, clothing makes 90% of all export from Bangladesh to the EU as EU exports consists mostly of machinery and transport equipment at 49%
Bangladesh/Germany relations:
Bangladesh/
Germany
relations
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24 April 2013: After the deadly collapse of a block housing garment factories in Dhaka, a website of a company, which had two factories in the building, listed 27 main buyers, including firms from Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, and the United States
Bangladesh/India relations:
Bangladesh/
India
relations
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Indians in Bangladesh
-
Bangladesh–India border
-
1947 Radcliffe Line
-
India–Bangladesh enclaves
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Sharing the water of the Ganges
-
Transport between India and Bangladesh
2001:
2001 Bangladeshi-Indian border skirmish
2011:
6 September 2011: Bangladesh and India today signed an agreement on demarcation of land boundaries - Teesta river waters treaty on hold
2014:
26 February 2014: Why are people in Bangladesh protesting the Bollywood movie Gunday
2015:
1 August 2015: Tens of thousands of stateless people stranded for decades along the poorly defined border between India and Bangladesh can finally choose their citizenship, as the two countries swapped more than 150 pockets of land to settle the demarcation line dividing them
Bangladeshis in the Middle East:
Bangladeshis in the
Middle East
Bangladesh/Pakistan relations:
Bangladesh/
Pakistan
relations
-
Partition of the British Indian Empire 1947
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Bangladesh Liberation War 1971
-
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's role in Pakistan-Bangladesh relationship
Stateless persons with historic links to Pakistan living in Bangladesh:
Stateless persons with historic links to Pakistan living in Bangladesh
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Persecution of Biharis in Bangladesh
2013:
2013 siege of the Pakistani embassy in Dhaka
2014:
15 June 2014: At least nine people, including three children and two women, killed and 30 injured in a fire during clashes at a refugee camp in Dhaka
Bangladesh/Saudi Arabia relations:
Bangladesh/
Saudi Arabia
relations
-
8 October 2011: Saudi public beheading of eight Bangladesh workers condemned
Bangladesh/United Arab Emirates relations:
Bangladesh/
United Arab Emirates
relations
-
Bangladeshis in the United Arab Emirates
Bangladesh/United Kingdom relations:
Bangladesh/
United Kingdom
relations
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British Raj - British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947
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26 April 2013: British low-cost fashion line Primark and Spanish giant Mango have acknowledged having their products made in the collapsed factory bloc in Dhaka, that has so far claimed the lives of over 250 local workers - hundreds of thousands of workers walked out of their factories in solidarity with their dead colleagues on Thursday
Bangladesh/USA relations:
Bangladesh/
USA
relations
2012/2013:
27 November 2012: Walmart admits goods made at Bangladesh fire factory near Dhaka
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27 November 2012: US retailer ends relationship with unnamed Bangladesh textile firm
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27 juin 2013: Les Etats-Unis ont imposé des sanctions commerciales au Bangladesh invoquant les dangereuses conditions de travail
2015/2016:
27 February 2015: USA citizen Avijit Roy, whose blog championed liberal secular writing in the Muslim-majority nation of Bangladesh, hacked to death by unidentified assailants in Dhaka
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26 April 2016: USA embassy worker, LGBT rights activist Julhas Mannan and Tanay Mojumdar murdered Monday evening in Dhaka
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21 November 2016: Alliance consortium, which includes Walmart, Gap and Target, has pushed back deadlines to implement fire exits, alarms and structural renovations more than three years after deadly Rana Plaza collapse, after Walmart declined to sign an accord and founded an alliance including Gap, Target, Hudson’s Bay Company, whose brands include Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor, and VF Corporation, whose brands include North Face, Timberland, Vans and Wrangler, independent survey says
Environment of Bangladesh:
Environment of Bangladesh
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Climate of
Bangladesh
Climate change in Bangladesh:
Climate change in Bangladesh
Ecoregions of Bangladesh:
Ecoregions of Bangladesh
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Forests of Bangladesh
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Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rain forests, a subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion which occupies the lower hillsides of the mountainous border region joining India, Bangladesh, and Burma
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Lower Gangetic plains moist deciduous forests
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Sundarbans is a vast forest in the coastal region of the Bay of Bengal which is one of the natural wonders of the world
Environmental issues in Bangladesh:
Environmental issues in Bangladesh
-
Environmental concerns in Bangladesh
Water and groundwater salinity in Bangladesh:
Water in Bangladesh
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Groundwater salinity in Bangladesh - in the coastal regions of Bangladesh, which make up 32% of the land in the country, there are problems of salinity due to high tides and reduced flow in rivers during the dry season
Cyclones and flooding:
Cyclones and flooding - flooding has been cited as one of the 'main obstacles to the economic improvement of the nation', affecting the agricultural economy and the food security of Bangladesh since almost 74% of the land is cultivated
December 2020 frequency of natural disasters making life in rural areas increasingly difficult:
16 December 2020: The frequency of natural disasters is making life in rural areas increasingly difficult, pushing inhabitants into city slums, as extreme weather is emptying Bangladesh's villages
Natural disasters in Bangladesh:
Natural disasters in Bangladesh
-
Environment of Bangladesh
Floods and landslides in Bangladesh:
Floods
in
Bangladesh
-
Since 1972 Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre in Bangladesh
July/August 2007 South Asian floods:
July/August 2007 South Asian floods
2012 Bangladesh floods and landslides:
27 June 2012: More than 50 people have been killed in landslides after three days of rains
June 2017 Bangladesh landslides:
June 2017 Bangladesh landslides
August 2017 Bangladesh, India and Nepal floods:
16 August 2017: Nearly 250 people have died in the last few days as a result of flooding and landslides that have devastated parts of northern India, Nepal and Bangladesh
July 2019 South Asia floods:
July 2019 South Asia floods, as monsoonal downpours caused widespread flooding and landslides across Bangladesh, China, India, and Nepal
July 2019 Bangladesh, India and Nepal floods:
14 July 2019: Monsoon-triggered floods and landslides have killed at least 85 people in South Asia in the past few days, as at least 16 people have been killed in lightning strikes, flooding and landslides in Bangladesh
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26 juillet 2019: Alors que le niveau des eaux continue de monter, le Bangladesh déplore déjà 114 décès liés à la mousson.
July 2020 Bangladesh floods and Landslides:
28 July 2020: Bangladesh floods and Landslides, affecting people in low-lying areas, as as of 25 July 93 fatalities, around 3.3 million affected people, and around 732,000 waterlogged people across 21 Districts of the country were reported and as worst affected districts include the Jamalpur (Mymensingh Division) and the Sunamganj Districts
,
and as covid-19 pandemic puts further challenges to the response and assistance to the most affected communities
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28 July 2020 monsoon situation in South Asia
Tornadoes, storms and weather events in Bangladesh:
Tornadoes
in Bangladesh
1989:
April 1989 Daulatpur–Saturia, Bangladesh tornado was an extremely dangerous tornado that occurred in the Manikganj District
2016:
16 mai 2016: La foudre a tué 59 personnes en trois jours au Bangladesh, la plupart des victimes sont des paysans frappés alors qu'ils travaillaient dans leurs rizières
Tropical cyclones and storms in Bangladesh:
Tropical cyclones
in Bangladesh
2013/2014:
23 March 2013: Tornado in eastern Brahmanbaria district leaves 20 dead, 200 injured
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Cyclone Mahasen May 2013
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17 May 2013: At least 45 deaths related to cyclone Mahasen were reported in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka
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28 April 2014: A severe storm left at least nine people dead and about 1,000 homeless after hitting northern Bangladesh
May 2016 Cyclonic Storm Roanu:
May 2016 Cyclonic Storm Roanu caused severe flooding in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
May 2017 Cyclone Mora:
May 2017 Cyclone Mora
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30 mai 2017: Le cyclone Mora a fait cinq morts mardi au Bangladesh et a endommagé des milliers d'habitations
April/May 2019 Cyclone Fani:
April/May 2019 Cyclone Fani
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5 May 2019: Cyclone Fani killed at least 12 people in India's Odisha state before swinging north-eastwards into Bangladesh, where five more people died, but the evacuation of millions of people across the two countries is believed to have saved many more lives
November 2019 Cyclone Bulbul:
November 2019 Cyclone Bulbul
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9 novembre 2019: Les autorités du Bangladesh ont évacué vendredi 100'000 personnes des villages côtiers et des îles et prévoyaient d'en évacuer dans la journée un total d'un million et demi avant l'arrivée du cyclone Bulbul
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10 November 2019: Cyclone Bulbul lashed northeastern India and Bangladesh, killing several people in both countries after more than 2 million moved to shelters across Bangladesh's vast coastal region, officials and news reports said
May 2020 Cyclonic Storm Amphan:
May 2020 Cyclonic Storm Amphan over the Bay of Bengal threatening Odisha and West Bengal in India as well as Bangladesh
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20 May 2020: Super cyclone Amphan evacuations in India and Bangladesh slowed by virus, as thousands of migrant workers left jobless by covid-19 pandemic are still on the roads, and evacuations have been hampered by distancing rules
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21 May 2020: Floods, rain hit Bangladesh and India amid deadly cyclone Amphan
Earthquakes in Bangladesh:
Earthquakes
in Bangladesh
2016:
January 2016 Bangladesh and Northeast India earthquake
Brunei
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Geography of Brunei
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History of Brunei
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Demographics of Brunei
Economy of Brunei:
Economy of Brunei
- main industries include petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas, construction
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Companies of Brunei
Energy in Brunei:
Energy in Brunei
Petroleum and natural gas in Brunei:
Petroleum in Brunei
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Brunei LNG, established in 1969, owned by the Government of Brunei (50%), Shell Overseas Trading Limited and Mitsubishi Corporation (both 25%)
-
Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd
Society, demographics and human rights in Brunei:
Bruneian society
-
Demographics of Brunei
-
Human rights in Brunei
22 October 2013: Sultan of Brunei introduces tough Islamic punishments including death by stoning
Politics of Brunei:
Politics of Brunei
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Political parties in Brunei
-
Brunei People's Party, established in 1956 to bring Brunei into full independence from the United Kingdom, is a banned party since 1962
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National Development Party, registered political party, but legislative elections have not been held in Brunei since 1962
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Brunei National Solidarity Party, banned in 1988, legislative elections have not been held in Brunei since 1962
Legislative Council of Brunei:
Legislative Council of Brunei
Foreign relations of Brunei:
Foreign relations of Brunei
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ASEAN–China Free Trade Area
Brunei/Indonesia relations:
Brunei/
Indonesia
relations
Brunei/Japan relations:
Japanese
occupation of British Borneo 1941-1945
Brunei/Malaysia relations:
Brunei/
Malaysia
relations
-
Brunei and Malaysia
Brunei/Netherlands relations:
3 January 2012: Tainted ‘symbiotic partnership’ between Brunei regime and
Netherland
's Shell
Brunei/United Kingdom relations:
Brunei/
United Kingdom
relations
-
British Borneo 1846-1963
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Brunei Revolt 1962-1966, in 1962 rebels began co-ordinated attacks on the oil town of Seria (targeting the Royal Dutch Shell oil installations) and on police stations and government facilities around the protectorate
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Brunei and Malaysia - Brunei pulled out of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 and became independent from the United Kingdom on 1 January 1984
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Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd
Burma
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Geography of Burma
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History of Burma
-
British rule in Burma lasted from 1824 to 1948
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Demographics of Burma
Economy of Burma:
Economy of Burma
- main industries include agricultural processing, wood and wood products, copper, tin, tungsten, iron, cement, construction materials, pharmaceuticals, fertilizer, petroleum and natural gas, garments, jade and gems
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List of companies of Burma
Energy in Burma:
Energy in Burma
-
Hydroelectric power stations in Burma
-
Dams in Burma
Oil and gas industry in Myanmar:
Oil and gas industry in Myanmar
Mining in Myanmar:
Mining in Myanmar
-
Pinpet Mining Project and forced relocations and displacement
Jade production and trade in Burma:
Jade production and trade in Burma
November 2015 jade mine landslide:
November 2015 Hpakant jade mine disaster
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23 novembre 2015: Les secours birmans sont à la recherche de personnes portées disparues après le gigantesque glissement de terrain survenu dans une mine de jade dans le nord du pays, faisant plus d'une centaine de morts
April 2019 jade mine landslide and collapse:
April 2019 Hpakant jade mine collapse
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23 avril 2019: Au moins 54 personnes sont portées disparues après un glissement de terrain dans une mine de jade dans l'Etat Kachin dans le nord de la Birmanie
July 2019 jade mine landslide:
28 July 2019: A landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant township in the northern Kachin state reportedly killed at least 14 people including a policeman, as rescuers frantically searched for more victims
2 July 2020 landslide at Myanmar jade mine:
2 July 2020: Landslide at northern Myanmar Hpakant jade mine kills at least 123 people, as fire service puts death toll even higher, saying workers were ‘smothered by a wave of mud’
Garment production in Burma:
Garment production in Myanmar (Burma)
2012:
17 March 2012: Six top garment makers moving to low-wage Burma
2017:
5 February 2017: Low labour costs in Myanmar have encouraged international brands to switch production from more expensive countries, there are now more than 400 factories in the country, employing 350,000 people, 90% of them women, and between 2010 and 2014 exports tripled to £787m
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5 Februar 2017: As the conditions for workers in the garment industry are far from acceptable, over the past few years Myanmar has rapidly become a popular sourcing destination for this industry employing children
Agriculture in Burma:
Agriculture in Burma
is the main industry in the country, accounting for 60% of the GDP and employing some 65% of the labor force - Crops are rice, corn, pulses, peas, onions, groundnuts, seeds, sesame, spices, sugarcane
Opium production in Burma:
Opium production in Burma
2012:
31 October 2012: Opium production 'on the rise in SE Asia' and Burma as the world's second-largest producer of opium, UN study says
Forestry and deforestation in Burma:
Forests of Myanmar
-
Forestry in Burma
-
Deforestation in Burma
Water in Burma:
Water in Burma
-
Bodies of water of Burma
-
List of rivers
of Burma
Tourism in Burma:
Tourism in Burma
-
Visitor attractions in Burma
Military of Burma:
Military of Burma
-
Military history of Burma
19th century Anglo-Burmese Wars:
Anglo-Burmese wars
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First Anglo-Burmese War 1824-1826
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Second Anglo-Burmese War 1852
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Third Anglo-Burmese War 1885
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Burmese resistance movement 1885–1895
Since 1948:
1948–present internal conflict in Burma
1962 Burmese coup d'état:
1962 Burmese coup d'état marking the beginnings of the political dominance of the army which spanned the course of 26 years and further
2018 Myanmar’s military admits murder of captured Rohingya:
11 January 2018: Myanmar’s military has admitted that its soldiers murdered 10 captured Rohingya who it claims were 'terrorists' during insurgent attacks at the beginning of September 2017, after local Buddhist villagers had forced the men into a grave they had dug
1 February 2021 governments and right groups condemn military takeover in Myanmar:
1 February 2021: From across the globe, governments condemn military takeover in Myanmar, as countries call for restoring democracy, as USA urges release of detained officials, warns it will act if coup not reversed, and as rights groups also defend 'the right of Myanmar’s people to choose their own government'
Politics of Burma:
Politics of Burma
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1947 Constitution of Myanmar
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2008 Constitution of Myanmar
1948-1962 Post-independence Burma:
1948-1962
Post-independence Burma
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1945-1958 Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
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1948-1962 Chamber of Deputies in Burma
Since 1948 Internal conflict in Burma:
Internal conflict in Burma since 1948, one of the world's longest-running civil wars and began shortly after the country's attainment of independence from the United Kingdom in 1948
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List of insurgent groups in Myanmar
1951-1952 General elections held in Burma:
1951-1952 General elections held in Burma over several months due to internal conflict within the country
April 1956 Burmese general election:
27 April 1956 Burmese general election
February 1960 Burmese general election:
6 February 1960 Burmese general election
March 1962 Burmese coup d'état:
March 1962 Burmese coup d'état marking the beginnings of the political dominance of the army which spanned the course of 26 years and further
1962/1963:
1962-1963 Rangoon University protests, a series of marches, demonstrations, and protests against stricter campus regulations, the end of the system of university self-administration, and the policy of the new military regime of General Ne Win
Since 1962 and 1988 protests in Myanmar:
Since 1962 and 1988 protests in Myanmar
Democracy movements and political parties in Burma:
Burmese democracy movements
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Political parties in Burma
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National League for Democracy
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Aung San Suu Kyi
March-September 1988 popular pro-democracy protests:
Nationwide popular pro-democracy protests, a series of marches, demonstrations, protests March-September 1988 and on 8 August 1988
18 September 1988:
18 September 1988 State Law and Order Restoration Council seizing power
1988-2011:
1988-2011 State Law and Order Restoration Council, named State Peace and Development Council since 1997
Since 2007 Burmese anti-government protests:
2007 Burmese anti-government protests
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Timeline of the 2007-2008 Saffron Revolution
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International reactions to the 2007-2008 Saffron Revolution
2010 Burmese general election:
Burmese general election 2010
Since 2011 Burmese political reforms, ongoing repression and elections:
2011-2012
Burmese political reforms
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Elections in Burma
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29 June 2011: Military regime warns Suu Kyi ahead of tour of country
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4 July 2011: Aung San Suu Kyi for the first time travelling since release - trip to Bagan
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7 July 2011: Crowds throng as Suu Kyi visits Bagan
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14 August: Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi made first political trip outside Rangoon since release, calling for national unity
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19 August: Auung San Suu Kyi meets army backed President Thein Sein amid government's attempts to soften its image
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12 octobre 2011: Des dizaines de prisonniers politiques vont être libérés
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18 November: Suu Kyi's democracy party to rejoin Burma politics
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2 December: Opposition leader Suu Kyi says after a meeting with Hillary Clinton that improved ties with USA can help democratisation
2012:
Burmese by-elections 2012
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10 January 2012: Suu Kyi to run for Myanmar parliament in April by-elections
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13 January: Myanmar frees more political prisoners - ceasefire with Karen rebels signed
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17. Januar 2012: Burmas Präsident stoppt das Militär und stärkt Schutz von Minderheiten
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12 February 2012: Myanmar MPs tackle first budget in decades
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Burmese by-elections 1 April 2012
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1 April: Voting under way for 45 seats in parliament, with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi among those standing
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2 avril: L'opposante Aung San Suu Kyi élue députée, selon la Ligue nationale pour la démocratie gagnant 43 sièges sur 44
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2 April: Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she hopes Sunday's by-elections marked the start of a new era in Burma
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16 juin 2012: Aung San Suu Kyi reçoit son Prix Nobel de la Paix 1991 à Oslo
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20 August: Burma ends media censorship
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7 September: Myanmar appoints first female Cabinet minister
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17 September: Burma has released more than 500 prisoners, including some of the country's remaining political detainees and a number of foreigners
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30 September: Thein Sein 'would accept Suu Kyi as president'
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29 November 2012: Riot police fired water cannon to disperse people near the central town of Monywa
protesting against the expansion of a copper mine jointly owned by the Burmese military and Chinese arms manufacturer Norinco
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30 November: Opposition leader Suu Kyi criticises police behind crackdown on mine protest that injured dozens, including Buddhist monks
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2 December 2012: Police apologise for mine crackdown as government forms commission to be headed by Aung San Suu Kyi to investigate raid
2013:
10 mars 2013: Aung San Suu Kyi, réélue à la tête du LND à l’occasion du tout premier congrès du parti, appelle à l’unité
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25 May: Two-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar
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24 July 2013: The government reportedly agreed to release some 70 political prisoners, after President Thein Sein vowed to free all dissidents by the end of the year
2014:
2014-2015 Myanmar students national education law protests
September/October 2014:
7 September 2014: The government has called off an election scheduled for the end of this year to fill 35 vacated seats in parliament
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On 7 September 2014, Union Election Commission cancelled the by-election because the period for campaigning would take place too close to that of the general elections in 2015
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31 October 2014: Former military commander Thein Sein has opened unprecedented talks with Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians as USA's Obama called for 'inclusive and credible' elections in 2015
November/December 2014 Burmese by-elections:
Cancelled Burmese by-elections November/December 2014
2015:
8 July 2015: Burma to hold general election on 8 November 2015
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13 August 2015: Security forces in Naypyidaw surround the headquarters of Burma's military-backed ruling party, and senior regime figures are removed from their posts, as tensions mount ahead of elections in November
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14 August: Regime gags media linked to parliamentary speaker Shwe Mann after he and his allies were dramatically purged from ruling party's leadership by Thein Sein in a controversy over the military's political role
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18 August: Aung San Suu Kyi says she and her party will work with purged ruling party leader Shwe Mann
August-September 2015:
August-September 2015 'Black Ribbon Movement' Myanmar, a movement of medical professions and medical students against the appointment of military officers to positions within Ministry of Health in Myanmar in August 2015
September 2015:
September 2015 'Yellow Ribbon Campaign' of Myanmar, a movement of lawyers against the appointment of retired military officers to positions in judiciary practice in Myanmar, yellow ribbon refers to the yellow badge of civil servants in judiciary
November 2015 Burmese/Myanmar general election:
Burmese general election on 8 November 2015
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9 November: Aung San Suu Kyi's party heading for victory
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10 November: Myanmar election 'credible', say EU observers, as Aung San Suu Kyi eyes victory
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15 November 2015: Former junta general Thein Sein 'will hand power' to Aung San Suu Kyi after poll win, vowing a smooth transition of power
2016 poverty and ethnic tensions left over from years under military junta:
1 February 2016: Poverty, ethnic tensions left over from years under military junta and China top agenda for Myanmar's new politicians, now dominated by the former opposition National League for Democracy
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15 March 2016: Myanmar's parliament elects Suu Kyi confidant as president, making Htin Kyaw the first head of state who does not hail from a military background since the 1960s
September/November 2017 Aung San Suu Kyi's controversial speech as UN's visit cancelled:
20 September 2017: Following weeks of silence in the face of claims of ethnic cleansing against Myanmar’s Rohingya population, Aung San Suu Kyi has delivered a controversial speech reportedly containing truths, half-truths and falsehoods
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28 September 2017: UN says a planned visit to Myanmar's Rakhine state, which has seen a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims, has been cancelled by the authorities
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28 September 2017: UN chief urges Myanmar to end military operations in Rohingya crisis
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20 November 2017: Myanmar's Suu Kyi blames illegal immigration for world's conflicts in speech welcoming European and Asian foreign ministers to Naypyitaw
October 2019 actors jailed for show poking fun at military:
31 October 2019: Myanmar actors jailed with hard labour for show poking fun at military, as five group members get one-year terms under law that bans information that endangers or demoralises military
6 November 2020 Myanmar minorities excluded from voting in election:
6 November 2020: Myanmar minorities, including Rohingya, excluded from voting in election, as rights groups say poll, which Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD is expected to win but will exclude about 2.6 million ethnic-minority voters, is ‘fundamentally flawed’
8 November 2020 Myanmar general elections amid covid-19:
8 November 2020 Myanmar general elections, as voting will occur in all constituencies, excluding seats appointed by or reserved for the military
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Economic issues ahead of November Myanmar general elections, as according to the IMF Myanmar has seen a sharp decline in exports, remittances, and tourist arrivals due to the covid-19 pandemic, as domestic economic activity has also been constrained by measures taken to control the spread of the virus, and as additionally nearly four out of five workers in Myanmar are employed in the informal sector, with limited access to social safety nets to help cope with any economic fallout
13 November 2020 Aung San Suu Kyi’s party will return to power for another 5 year term:
13 November 2020: Aung San Suu Kyi’s party will return to power for another 5 year term after securing a widely predicted victory in the country’s general election, winning 346 of the 412 seats declared so far, a result driven by her continued status as an icon of democracy in the country despite international outrage at her treatment of the Rohingya
15 January 2021 UN steps up support for thousands of Rohingya refugees, left homeless:
15 January 2021: UN agencies have stepped up efforts to help thousands of Rohingya refugees left without shelter after a devastating fire tore through a crowded refugee camp in south-eastern Bangladesh on Thursday
February 2021 Myanmar coup d'état:
1 February 2021 Myanmar coup d'état
1 February 2021 across the globe governments and right groups condemn military takeover in Myanmar:
1 February 2021: From across the globe, governments condemn military takeover in Myanmar, as countries call for restoring democracy, as USA urges release of detained officials, warns it will act if coup not reversed, and as rights groups also defend 'the right of Myanmar’s people to choose their own government'
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1 February 2021: Ten years of freedom ends, as Myanmar's tarnished heroine Suu Kyi sees dark days return, now calling for Myanmar protests in wake of coup
2 February 2021: Aung San Suu Kyi's party calls for her release:
2 February 2021: The party of Aung San Suu Kyi has called for her immediate release and for Myanmar’s 2020 election results to be acknowledged by the military, which took power in a coup on Monday
Since 2 February 2021 Myanmar protests:
Since 2 February 2021 Myanmar protests, domestic civil resistance efforts in opposition to the 2021 coup d'état, staged by the Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces, as of 10 February 2021 190 people have been detained in relation to the coup after protesters have employed peaceful and nonviolent forms of protest, which include acts of civil disobedience, labour strikes, a military boycott campaign, a pot-banging movement, a red ribbon campaign, public protests, and formal recognition of the election results by elected representatives
3 February 2021 ousted Myanmar leader facing prison as civil disobedience campaign against military coup grows:
3 February 2021: Myanmar police have charged ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi with possession of illegally-imported walkie-talkies, which could result in a two-year prison sentence, as a civil disobedience campaign grew against the military’s coup against her government
4 February 2021 army blocks internet services access as civil disobedience grows:
4 January 2021: Myanmar’s army has ordered internet service providers to block access to Facebook as it attempts to stamp out signs of dissent, days after it ousted the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi
5 February 2021 resistance against military coup continues:
5 février 2021: La contestation s’intensifie, l’armée durcit sa répression
6 February 2021 tens of thousands protest against coup despite internet blackout:
6 February 2021: Tens of thousands protest against coup despite internet blackout, as demonstrators in standoff with police demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as in the main city Yangon, protesters chanted 'down with the military dictatorship' and carried images of the ousted leaders Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint, whose party won a landslide election in November, and as the military detained both in raids early on Monday morning not been seen in public since
7 February 2021 tens of thousands march against military coup for second day:
7 February 2021: Tens of thousands in Myanmar march against military coup for second day, as demonstrators on the streets of towns and cities across the country vowed to continue their protests until their elected leaders are released and democracy returns, despite junta blocking internet access and restricting phone lines
8 February 2021 demonstrators filled the streets for a third day of street demonstrations against the ousting of the democratically elected government:
8 February 2021: From the Himalayan town of Putao to cities on the shore of the Andaman Sea, demonstrators filled the streets for a third day of street demonstrations against the ousting of the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, as police used water cannon on demonstrators and as some protesters appeared to have been hurt when they were knocked to the ground
9 February 2021 increasingly brutal crackdown and live ammunition:
9 February 2021: Police in Myanmar have responded with increasing violence to protests against last week’s military coup, using water cannons, rubber bullets and live ammunition in a crackdown that left a woman in a critical condition on Tuesday, as tens of thousands of people marched in towns and cities across the country
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9 February 2021: Two people in critical condition after police shoot peaceful protesters with live bullets in Naypyitaw, as attack came amid increasingly brutal crackdown after the regime banned gatherings of more than four people
13 February 2021 anger over arrests in Myanmar at anti-coup protests:
13 February 2021: Anger over arrests in Myanmar at anti-coup protests
14 February 2021 tanks on streets of Myanmar city prompt USA embassy warning:
14 February 2021: Tanks on streets of Myanmar city prompt USA embassy warning, as USA also warns of ‘military movements’ in Yangon and expects internet to be cut in next 12 hours
15 February 2021 troops and police forcefully disperse marchers in Mandalay:
15 February 2021: Troops have joined police in forcefully dispersing marchers in the city of Mandalay in northern Myanmar, as protests against the military coup continued despite the deployment of extra soldiers in some areas and an eight-hour internet blackout overnight
18 February 2021 'broken-down' cars bring Myanmar streets to standstill as protesters try to block movement of security forces:
18 February 2021: 'Broken-down' cars bring Myanmar streets to standstill in coup protest, as protesters try to block movement of security forces and civil servants, while hackers targets military
20 February 2021 at least two anti-coup protesters in Myanmar have been shot dead by riot police:
20 February 2021: At least two anti-coup protesters in Myanmar have been shot dead by riot police, emergency workers have said, amid continuing demonstrations demanding an end to military rule and the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and others
21 February 2021 tens of thousands of citizens in defiance of the military using deadly force condemned by UN and others:
21 February 2021: Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Myanmar in defiance of the military on Sunday, despite a violent crackdown the previous day in which two protesters were killed, as the use of deadly force against demonstrators on Saturday was condemned by the UN, as well as European countries and Singapore, while Facebook announced it had deleted the military’s main page, saying the army had breached its standards prohibiting the incitement of violence
22 February 2021 military regime threatening pro-democracy protesters:
22 février 2021: Depuis trois semaines et malgré les morts, les manifestants pro-démocratie restent mobilisés contre la junte birmane qui n’hésite pas à tirer sur la foule
Society, demographics, culture and human rights in Burma:
Burmese society
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Human rights in Burma
Administrative divisions of Burma - regions, states, districts and cities of Burma:
Administrative divisions of Burma -
regions
and
states
of Burma
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Districts of Burma
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List of cities in Burma
Ayeyarwady Region
occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River
Bago region
located in the southern central part of the country
Chin state
Kachin state
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Kachin Independence Movement was founded during the British colonial occupation of Burma in the 1940s to address questions of ethnic group and minority rights
1961–1994, 2011–present:
Kachin conflict, first conflict 1961–1994 and second conflict 2011–present
April 2018:
29 April 2018: Thousands of people have fled renewed fighting between Myanmar’s army and ethnic insurgents in the country’s northern Kachin state and many civilians remain trapped, according to UN
Kayah state
Kayin state
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1949-present Karen conflict is an armed conflict in Burma known as the 'longest civil war in the world'
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Karen refugee camps
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Karen National Union is a political organization with an armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army
2010–2012:
2010–2012 Burma border clashes
Magway region
Mandalay Region
located in the center of the country
2013:
2013 Myanmar anti-Muslim riots, a series of conflicts in various cities throughout central and eastern Myanmar
Mon state
Naypyidaw Union Territory
Rakhine state
situated on the western coast
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History of Rakhine
2012 Rakhine state riots:
2012 Rakhine state riots
2018:
17 January 2018: Myanmar police opened fire on a crowd of ethnic
Rakhine Buddhists
as they tried to seize a government office, in unrest that left seven dead
January 2019:
6 January 2019: Rakhine insurgents have killed 13 policemen and injured nine in attacks on four police posts in Myanmar’s Rakhine state as the country marked Independence Day, after fighting renewed in Rakhine state in early December between government forces and the rebel Arakan Army, which wants greater autonomy for Rakhine, where the mainly Buddhist Rakhine ethnic group makes up the majority
Since 1947 Rohingya denied citizenship and rebellion:
Since 1947 Rohingya rebellion in Western Burma, armed conflict between the state of Burma and its
Rohingya Muslim minority
most of them have been
denied citizenship
by the Burmese government
Since 1962 military rule and persecution of Muslims:
Since 1962 General Ne Win's totalitarian rule, political dominance of the army in Burma and persecution of Muslims
Since 2016 Northern Rakhine State clashes:
Since 2016 Northern Rakhine State clashes
2016–2017 Rohingya persecution in Myanmar:
The 2016–2017 Rohingya persecution in Myanmar refers to the ongoing military crackdown by Myanmar's armed forces and police on Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State in the country's northwestern region
Sagaing Region
, administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part bordered by India’s Nagaland, Manipur, and Arunachal Pradesh States to the north, Kachin State, Shan State, and Mandalay Region to the east, the urban population in 2012 was 1,230,000 and the rural population was 5,360,000
2013 riots:
2013 Myanmar anti-Muslim riots, a series of conflicts in various cities throughout central and eastern Myanmar
Shan state
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Kokang is a self-administered zone of Burma located in the northern part of Shan State
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August 2009 Kokang incident
2013:
2013 Myanmar anti-Muslim riots, a series of conflicts in various cities throughout central and eastern Myanmar
2015:
2015 Kokang conflict and offensive launched by the Burmese Army in February 2015 in Kokang in northern Shan State
12 May 2018: At least 19 people have been killed in fresh clashes between Myanmar’s military and an ethnic armed group in the remote northern Shan state, as fighting in the country’s borderlands intensifies
Tanintharyi Region
covering the long narrow southern part of the country on the Kra Isthmus
Yangon Region
located in the heart of Lower Myanmar and dominated by its capital city of Yangon, the former national capital and the largest city in the country
Demographics and ethnic groups in Burma:
Demographics
of Burma
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Ethnic groups in Burma
Bamar people
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Burmese language
Chinese people in Burma
constitute 3.0% of the Burmese population in 2012
Burmese Indians
constitute 2.0% of the Burmese population in 2011
Karen people
refer to a number of Sino-Tibetan language speaking ethnic groups which reside primarily in Karen State, southern and southeastern Burma
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1949-present Karen conflict is an armed conflict in Burma known as the 'longest civil war in the world'
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Karen National Union is a political organization with an armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army
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2010–2012 Burma border clashes
Red Karen subgroup of the Karen people, a Sino-Tibetan people living mostly in Kayah State of Burma
Mon people
are an ethnic group from Burma living mostly in Mon State, Bago Region, the Irrawaddy Delta and along the southern border of Thailand and Burma
Rakhine people
forming the majority along the coastal region of present day Rakhine State
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Arakanese language
Rohingya people
are Muslim people who live in northern Rakhine and speak the Rohingya language
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Persecution of Muslims in Burma
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Rohingya conflict in Western Burma since 1947
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2015 Rohingya refugee crisis
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29 May: Numbers are now 'alarming' in South-east Asia migrant crisis, Bangkok talks told
2016–2017 Rohingya persecution in Myanmar:
The 2016–2017 Rohingya persecution in Myanmar refers to the ongoing military crackdown by Myanmar's armed forces and police on Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State in the country's northwestern region
Since 2017 ongoing persecution and crackdown:
Since 2017 ongoing persecution and crackdown, killings, village burning, sexual violence and looting
September 2020 Rohingya's seven-month ordeal on trafficking boat:
12 September 2020: Three Rohingya refugees die days after seven-month ordeal on trafficking boat, as 300 people disembarked in Indonesia in a ‘terrible condition’ after being held hostage at sea by traffickers demanding payment
Shan people
are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia
Culture of Burma and languages in Burma:
Culture
of Burma
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Languages of
Burma
Religion and freedom of religion in Burma:
Religion in
Burma/Myanmar
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Freedom of religion in Burma
Polygamy in Myanmar:
Gender in Myanmar:
Gender in Myanmar
Polygamy in Myanmar
Women and women's rights in Myanmar:
Women in Myanmar
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Women's rights in Myanmar
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Women's League of Burma, a community-based organisation working on the rights of women from Burma, with a focus on systematic sexual violence in ethnic areas, and women's involvement in political processes, especially in the peace process
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Since 2003 Myanmar Women's Affairs Federation, formed 20 December as a voluntary non-governmental organisation for the advancement of all women, regardless of nationality, race or religion
Children and youth in Myanmar:
Children in Myanmar
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Youth in Myanmar
2017:
23 May 2017: As many as 150 children die every day in Myanmar before they reach their fifth birthday, says Unicef report, calling for the government to end blocks on humanitarian access to conflict areas and to reach children worst affected by conflict and poverty
Education in Burma:
Education in Burma
Schools in Burma
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2 April 2013: Muslim school fire kills at least 13 in Yangon
Health in Myanmar:
Health in Myanmar
Since March 2020 covid-19 pandemic in Myanmar:
Since March 2020 covid-19 pandemic in Myanmar, part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS-CoV-2
1 November 2020 53,405 covid-19 cases in Myanmar and 1,258 deaths:
1 November 2020: 53,405 covid-19 cases in Myanmar and 1,258 deaths
Maternal and child health in Myanmar:
Maternal and child health- and healthcare in Myanmar
2018 malnutrition in refugee camps:
11 avril 2018: Les enfants de la minorité Rohingya vivant dans des camps de réfugiés au Bangladesh présentent des niveaux de malnutrition et d'anémie inquiétants, taux qui dépassent largement les niveaux considérés comme nécessitant une action urgente, selon une étude publiée mardi
Healthcare in Myanmar:
Health infrastructure in Myanmar, having 6 medical universities (5 civilian and one military)
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Medical and health organisations in Myanmar
Hospitals in Myanmar:
Hospitals in Myanmar
Media of Burma:
Media
of Burma
Freedom of the press, of speech, polical freedom and censorship in Myanmar:
Freedom of the press, of speech and polical freedom in Myanmar
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Censorship in Burma
2016/2017:
2016/2017 Myanmar's media landscape was marked by the delay of legislative reforms, and the increasing use of litigious tactics to hamper media freedom, according to latest 'Freedom House' report
Since January 2018 detention of Reuters journalists:
5 January 2018: Detention of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo threatens press freedom, 'Freedom House' says
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10 January 2018: Prosecutors in Myanmar have formally charged two Reuters journalists covering Rohingya crisis with violating the Official Secrets Act, signalling the case will go forward despite international condemnation
April 2018:
11 avril 2018: En dépit des pressions internationales, la justice birmane maintient les poursuites contre deux journalistes de Reuters qui ont enquêté sur un massacre de Rohingyas
September-November 2018:
3 September 2018: Two Reuters journalists arrested in Myanmar while investigating a massacre of Rohingya Muslims sentenced to seven years in prison in a landmark case that has prompted international outrage and been seen as a test of progress towards democracy in the south-east Asian country
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5 November 2018: Lawyers for two Reuters journalists sentenced to seven years in prison in Myanmar for possession of official documents are appealing the verdict
Newspapers in Burma:
Newspapers in Burma
Broadcasting in Myanmar:
Radio in Myanmar
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Television
in Myanmar
Internet in Myanmar:
Internet in Myanmar
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Internet censorship in Myanmar
September 2018:
6 September 2018: The jailing of two Reuters reporters while investigating the Rohingya crisis has sparked mounting public protests in Myanmar, with an online campaign under the hashtag #ArrestMeToo gathering pace
Freedom of religion, conflicts, violence and repression in Burma:
Freedom of religion
in Burma
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Religion in
Burma/Myanmar
2012 Rakhine state riots:
2012 Rakhine state riots
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10 June 2012: Violence involving Buddhists and Muslims has left 17 people dead and hundreds of properties damaged in the western state of Rakhine
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11 June: Curfew imposed in Rakhine following clashes between Buddhists and Muslims
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13 June: UN envoy visiting Rakhine state
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18 August: Burma sets up a commission to investigate recent violence between Buddhists and Muslims in the west of the country
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25 October: New wave of sectarian violence in western Myanmar leaves five people dead and dozens injured, triggering another exodus of Muslims to emergency camps
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28 October: More than 22.000 people have been displaced in Rakhine state
,
surging towards already overcrowded camps after new communal violence that has left dozens dead
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30 October: Fear, mistrust grip Myanmar's volatile Rakhine region - one Buddhist was shot dead and another wounded when security forces opened fire in Kyauknimaw
2013:
2013 Myanmar anti-Muslim riots, a series of conflicts in various cities throughout central and eastern Myanmar
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22 March 2013: Two days of clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in Meikhtila town leave at least 20 people dead
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23 March: Army patrols central city of Meikhtila
where several days of clashes between Buddhists and Muslims left dozens of people dead and scores of buildings in flames
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24 March: Dozens of houses and a mosque have been torched as communal violence spread again in central Myanmar
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22 April: Myanmar accused of 'ethnic cleansing'
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22 April 2013: Video shows police standing by while Buddhist rioters attack minority Muslims in the town of Meiktila
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22 April 2013: Ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity committed against Myanmar's ethnic Rohingya people, according to a report by Human Rights Watch
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1 May: Buddhists hurling bricks overran a pair of mosques and set hundreds of homes ablaze in central Myanmar, injuring at least 10 people
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25 May: Two-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar
2014:
28 February: Medecins Sans Frontieres' shock at Myanmar suspension, providing emergency assistance to tens of thousands of Rohingya people
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1 November 2015: UN urged to investigate 'strong evidence' of Rohingya genocide in Burma committed against stateless ethnic Muslim minority
2016–2017 Rohingya persecution in Myanmar:
The 2016–2017 Rohingya persecution in Myanmar refers to the ongoing military crackdown by Myanmar's armed forces and police on Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State in the country's northwestern region
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24 November 2016: Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh to escape military operations that have left scores of people dead and as many as 30,000 displaced, as a senior UN official accuses the government of seeking to ethnically cleanse the country of its Muslim minority, and Bangladesh tightens border controls
February 2017:
9 February 2017: More than 1,000 Rohingya feared killed in Myanmar army crackdown, according to two UN officials dealing with refugees fleeing the violence
August-December 2017:
24 August 2917: Excessive force won’t solve Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis, according to international commission appointed by Aung San Suu Kyi
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25 August 2017: At least 71 people, including 12 members of the security forces, have been killed in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state after Rohingya militants attacked border police, ushering in the bloodiest day of fighting since conflict broke out last year
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27 August 2017: Death toll rises as clashes between army and Rohingya continue for third day, while thousands flee across border to Bangladesh
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31 August 2017: Tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims make desperate attempts to flee the worst violence in at least five years, as monitors say fleeing Rohingya report that the army and Buddhist vigilantes have unleashed a campaign of arson aimed at driving the Muslim population out
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4 September 2017: Myanmar blocks all UN aid to civilians at heart of Rohingya crisis
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6 September 2017: Aung San Suu Kyi silent on Rohingya, blasting 'iceberg of misinformation' aimed at aiding 'terrorists', as Muslim countries and the UN chief are all pressuring to act amid rising violence
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8 September 2017: Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu has called on Aung San Suu Kyi to end the violence against her country’s Rohingya Muslim minority
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13 September 2017: Myanmar's government says 40% of Rohingya villages targeted by army are now empty
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14 September 2017: New footage and satellite evidence reveals scorched-earth campaign against Rohingya
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17 September 2017: Fresh fears for newborn babies as Rohingyas’ plight worsens
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18 September 2017: Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in violence-racked northwest Myanmar are pleading with authorities for safe passage from two remote villages that are cut off by hostile Buddhists and running short of food
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25 September 2017: Evidence of rape among Rohingya women fleeing Myanmar military, UN medics say, as nearly 430,000 Rohingya flee campaign of violence
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11 October 2017: Bangladeshi hospital's 'Rohingya wing' overwhelmed as refugees keep coming
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16 octobre 2017: Au moins cinq personnes sont mortes et des dizaines sont portées disparues après le naufrage d'un bateau transportant des Rohingyas fuyant la Birmanie vers le Bangladesh
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17 October 2017: UN released aerial footage showing thousands of Rohingya Muslims after they crossed the Naf river into Bangladesh, joining at least 536,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar since Augus
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20 October 2017: More than 300,000 Rohingya refugee children 'outcast and desperate', Unicef says
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2 November 2017: Aung San Suu Kyi makes first visit to site of anti-Rohingya violence, that has been almost emptied of its Rohingya Muslim population fleeing army attacks, meeting remaining Rohingya residents
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10 November 2017: 'Rampant malnutrition’ reported following Rohingya exodus from Myanmar to Bangladesh as agencies warn shocking new figures may be tip of the iceberg
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16 November 2017: Widespread and systematic attacks on civilians by Myanmar security forces documented by rights groups including
Human Rights Watch
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14 décembre 2017: Au moins 6700 Rohingyas, dont 730 enfants, tués en un mois, selon MSF
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18 December 2017: Satellite images show that dozens of Rohingya villages were burned the week Myanmar signed an agreement with Bangladesh to repatriate hundreds of thousands of refugees, according to Human Rights Watch
January-April 2018:
10 January 2018: Tens of thousands of Rohingya children have been left 'trapped and almost forgotten' in remote, squalid camps and isolated villages in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, according to UN
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11 January 2018: Myanmar’s military has admitted that its soldiers murdered 10 captured Rohingya who it claims were 'terrorists' during insurgent attacks at the beginning of September 2017, after local Buddhist villagers had forced the men into a grave they had dug
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17 January 2018: UN chief and rights groups raise concerns over Rohingya deal
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1 February 2018: Report confirms Myanmar massacre of Rohingya and 5 mass graves, as government continues to deny such killings ever happened
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29 April 2018: UN security council delegation overwhelmed by suffering at Rohingya camps, hearing pleas for action by the UN and involvement of the international criminal court
June 2018:
27 juin 2018: Le chef de l'armée birmane et 12 autres haut gradés responsables d'une 'offensive systématique et orchestrée' contre les musulmans rohingyas, doivent être poursuivis pour crimes contre l'Humanité, a accusé mercredi Amnesty international
August 2018:
28 August 2018: The day after a damning UN report concluded that genocide had occurred in Myanmar under her watch, Aung San Suu Kyi used a public appearance at the University of Yangon to discuss only poetry and literature
November 2018:
15 November 2018: Bangladesh has said it is fully prepared to begin repatriating Rohingya refugees to Myanmar but emphasised it would not force anyone to go back against their will, as refugees don't want to board trucks and buses, refusing to return without citizensip and rights
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19 novembre 2018: Des policiers birmans ont blessé par balles dimanche quatre réfugiés qui se trouvaient dans un camp
Crime in Burma:
Crime in Burma
War crimes in Burma:
War crimes in Burma
Terrorism in Burma:
Terrorism in Burma
Corruption in Myanmar:
Corruption in Myanmar
Human trafficking in Burma:
Human trafficking in Burma
Illegal logging in Burma:
Illegal logging in Burma
Illegal drug trade in Burma:
Illegal drug trade in Burma
Law and law enforcement in Burma:
Burmese law
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Constitution of Myanmar
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2008 Constitution of Myanmar
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Law enforcement in Burma
Judiciary of Myanmar:
Judiciary of Myanmar
1937 'Trials in Burma':
'Trials in Burma' written in 1937 by Maurice Collis, who served in Burma in the Indian Civil Service under the British Empire, part of a huge machine which existed to protect British interests
Since 2011 Constitutional Tribunal of Myanmar:
Since 2011 Constitutional Tribunal of Myanmar
Since 2011 Supreme Court of Myanmar:
Since 2011 Supreme Court of Myanmar
Myanmar Police Force:
Myanmar Police Force
Foreign relations of Burma:
Foreign relations of Burma
Treaties of Myanmar:
Treaties of Myanmar
Membership of Myanmar in international organisations:
Burma/United Nations relations:
Burma/
United Nations
relations
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30 April 2012: UN's Ban Ki-moon urges Burma to unite on path to change
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14 juin 2012: Devant la Conférence internationale du travail, l'opposante Aung San Suu Kyi appelle à investir en Birmanie
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24 May 2014: UN's human rights envoy to Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana expresses concern over the military's veto power on constitutional changes
2015:
2015 Rohingya refugee crisis, concerning Myanmar, Bangladesh and Southeast Asian countries including Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand
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27 May 2015: ASEAN has to help Rohingya more, UN refugee agency says
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29 May: Numbers are now 'alarming' in South-east Asia migrant crisis, Bangkok talks told
2017:
14 March 2017: UN special rapporteur on human rights Yanghee Lee calls for investigation into rights abuses following bloody crackdown against the Muslim minority, saying that a full purge could be the ultimate goal of the institutional persecution and horrific violence being perpetrated against the Rohingya
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19 May 2017: Myanmar failing to stop spread of religious violence, UN envoy says
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18 July 2017: Fears grow of terminal decline in Burma-UN relations as top UN official is denied access to area at centre of alleged human rights abuses and stonewalled by government
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13 September 2017: Aung San Suu Kyi to miss UN general assembly later this month amid criticism over Rohingya crisis
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20 décembre 2017: La rapporteuse spéciale de l'ONU sur les droits humains en Birmanie Yanghee Lee a annoncé que les autorités birmanes l'avaient interdite d'accès dans le pays et qu'elles ne coopéreraient pas avec elle
August 2018 UN report on crimes against humanity:
27 August 2018: A UN report, based on the fact-finding mission prompted by the UN security council visit in March, has accused Myanmar’s military of genocide against the Rohingya in Rakhine state, and alleged that the army was responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity against minorities across the country
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Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar
September 2018:
18 septembre 2018: L'ONU veut exclure l'armée birmane de la vie politique dénonçant sa brutalité
May 2019:
14 May 2019: The international community must cut off all support to Myanmar’s military as part of efforts to hold army commanders to account for crimes against humanity and genocide, UN investigators have said following a fact-finding mission in the country
December 2019 Aung San Suu Kyi defends government against accusations of genocide:
11 décembre 2019: L'ancienne icône de la démocratie Aung San Suu Kyi a nié mercredi devant la Cour internationale de justice toute 'intention génocidaire' contre la minorité musulmane rohingya en Birmanie
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12 December 2019: Aung San Suu Kyi criticised in court over 'silence' on Myanmar rape claims
April 2020 UN's Yanghee Lee accuses Myanmar of alleged crimes against humanity:
29 April 2020: UN human rights expert on Myanmar Yanghee Lee has called for a new investigation into allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity during recent fighting, saying 'while the world is occupied with the covid-19 pandemic, the Myanmar military continues to escalate its assault in Rakhine state, targeting the civilian population'
Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN:
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASEAN
, political and economic organization of ten Southeast Asian countries, formed in 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand and since then expanded to include Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), and Vietnam
2015:
21 May 2015: Indonesia’s FM Retno Marsudi, Malaysia’s FM and more foreign diplomats are converging on Burma, seeking to discuss the Asian migrant crisis which is widely believed to have its roots in the mass fleeing of the country’s persecuted Rohingya minority
August 2018:
24 August 2018: More than 130 lawmakers from across Southeast Asia today demanded the international community bring officials in Myanmar to justice and before International Criminal Court for atrocity crimes committed against the Rohingya population of Rakhine State
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24 August 2018: APHR board member and Indonesian MP Eva Kusuma Sundari says it is time that Asean countries 'set aside their destructive non-interference policy and take genuine action', adding 'we cannot allow these atrocities to take place in one of our member countries with complete impunity'
Since 1995 Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty:
Since 1995
Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty SEANWFZ
Tripoint of Burma, Laos and Thailand:
The 'Golden Triangle' (
Burma, Laos, Thailand tripoint
, one of the most extensive opium-producing areas) designates the confluence of the Ruak River and the Mekong River
Bilateral relations of Myanmar:
Bilateral relations
of Myanmar
Burma (Myanmar)/Bangladesh relations:
Burma/
Bangladesh
relations
2012:
13 June 2012: Bangladesh turns away Rakhine refugees
-
22 July 2012: More than 300.000 from Myanmar live in makeshift camps along its border with Bangladesh as unregistered refugees
2015:
12 May 2015: Fears up to 6,000 asylum seekers are trapped at sea off south-east Asia
2017:
12 September 2017: Bangladesh’s PM Sheikh Hasina has urged Myanmar to take back an estimated 370,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled across the border in recent weeks in response to a violent crackdown by the Burmese military
-
23 November 2017: Myanmar and Bangladesh have signed an initial deal for the possible repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled violence in Rakhine state
-
22 décembre 2017: Jusqu'à un quart des enfants rohingyas réfugiés au Bangladesh sont atteints de malnutrition aiguë et sont exposées à de nombreuses maladies, selon Unicef
2018:
17 January 2018: Concerns are growing among UN agencies and humanitarian groups over an agreement between the Bangladesh and Myanmar governments to repatriate several hundred thousand Rohingya refugees within two years
-
15 March 2018: Myanmar will take back fewer than 400 Rohingya refugees of the 8,000 who have said they would voluntarily return from Bangladesh
April 2018:
11 avril 2018: Les enfants de la minorité Rohingya vivant dans des camps de réfugiés au Bangladesh présentent des niveaux de malnutrition et d'anémie inquiétants, taux qui dépassent largement les niveaux considérés comme nécessitant une action urgente, selon une étude publiée mardi
27 April 2020 a ‘human tragedy of terrible proportions’, according to UN, as Bangladesh 'always asked to take care':
27 April 2020: In a ‘human tragedy of terrible proportions’, according to UN, as Bangladesh urged to open its ports and allow boats carrying hundreds of Rohingya refugees to come ashore so they can be given urgent medical care, food and water, as boats with children recently seen in the Bay of Bengal but have reportedly returned to the high seas, and as last week Bangladesh’s FM said the boats would not be allowed entry, adding 'Bangladesh is always asked to take care of the responsibility of other countries'
Burma (Myanmar)/China relations:
Burma/
China
relations
-
Chinese people in Burma
-
Sino-Burma pipelines since 2013/2014
-
Bangladesh–China–India–Myanmar (Burma) Forum for Regional Cooperation since 1999
Burma (Myanmar)/Germany relations:
Myanmar/
Germany
relations
November 2019 German citizen killed in land mine explosion:
27 November 2019: Germany confirmed that a German citizen was killed in a land mine explosion in northern Myanmar, as Myanmar in 2018 recorded 430 land mine casualties, the fourth highest total in the world after Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen, according to the 2019 Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor
Burma (Myanmar)/India relations:
Burma/
India
relations
-
28 May: Manmohan Singh in first visit to Burma by an Indian prime minister since 1987
-
29 May: PM Manmohan Singh meets Aung San Suu Kyi
-
14 novembre 2012: Aung San Suu Kyi devait rencontrer à New Delhi le Premier ministre indien Manmohan Singh
Burma (Myanmar)/Indonesia relations:
Burma/
Indonesia
relations
-
12 May 2015: Fears up to 6,000 asylum seekers are trapped at sea off south-east Asia
-
15 May 2015: Asian migrant crisis grows as 700 asylum seekers rescued off Indonesia and as Burma undermined calls for a coordinated response to the crisis by threatening to boycott a planned south-east Asia summit
Burma (Myanmar)/South Korea relations:
14 May 2012:
South Korean
President Lee Myung-bak in key Burma visit
Burma (Myanmar)/Malaysia relations:
Burma/
Malaysia
relations
-
Burmese in Malaysia
-
12 May 2015: Fears up to 6,000 asylum seekers are trapped at sea off south-east Asia
-
14 May 2015: Thousands of Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis abandoned at sea by human traffickers have nowhere to go after Malaysia turned away two boats crammed with more than 800 migrants, and Thailand kept at bay a third boat with hundreds more
-
17 May: After Malaysia, Indonesian and Thailand sparked outrage by turning away boats with migrants, Burma faces blame over crisis
-
20 May: Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to provide temporary shelter to thousands of migrants stranded at sea
Burma (Myanmar)/Thailand relations:
Burma/
Thailand
relations
-
29 mai 2012: Aung San Suu Kyi attendue à Bangkok pour son premier voyage en 24 ans
-
12 May 2015: Fears up to 6,000 asylum seekers are trapped at sea off south-east Asia
Burma (Myanmar)/United Kingdom relations:
Burma/
United Kingdom
relations
19th century Anglo-Burmese Wars:
Anglo-Burmese wars
-
First Anglo-Burmese War 1824-1826
-
Second Anglo-Burmese War 1852
-
Third Anglo-Burmese War 1885
-
Burmese resistance movement 1885–1895
1824-1948 British rule in Burma:
British rule in Burma lasted from 1824 to 1948
4 January 1948 – present, internal conflict in Burma:
1948–present internal conflict in Burma is one of the world's longest-running civil wars and began shortly after the country's attainment of independence from the United Kingdom in 1948
Burma (Myanmar)/USA relations:
Burma/
USA
relations
-
5 April 2012: US to soften sanctions on Myanmar
-
20 September: Recognised for campaign to fight for good governance
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu handed US Congressional medal
-
9 November: Later this month as part of a November 17-20 tour of Southeast Asia Barack Obama will become the first US President to visit Myanmar
-
21 May 2013: US president Obama urges the president of Myanmar in Washington to take steps to halt violence against Muslims
and move ahead with economic and political reforms
3 February 2021 USA's president threatens to resume sanctions on Myanmar calling for international solidarity in confronting country’s generals:
3 February 2021: New USA president Biden has threatened to resume sanctions on Myanmar following the military coup and the suspension of democracy, and called for international solidarity in confronting the country’s generals
Environment of Myanmar:
Environment of Myanmar
-
Natural history of Myanmar
Ecoregions in Myanmar:
List of ecoregions in Myanmar
-
Forests of Myanmar
-
Forestry in Myanmar
Water in Myanmar:
Water in Myanmar
Environmental issues in Burma:
Environmental issues in Burma include deforestation, industrial pollution of air, soil, and water, inadequate sanitation and water treatment contribute to disease
Deforestation in Myanmar:
Deforestation in Myanmar
Natural disasters in Burma:
Natural disasters in Burma
Tropical cyclones in Burma:
Tropical cyclones
in Burma
2008:
Cyclone Nargis 2008
2013:
Cyclone Mahasen May 2013
Floods in Myanmar:
Floods
in Myanmar
2012:
25 August 2012: At least 85.000 people have fled their homes after the worst flooding in years submerged hundreds of thousands of hectares of rice fields
2015:
2015 Myanmar Flood
-
2 August 2015: Toll from flash floods and landslides will increase as monsoon rains lash Burma’s Sagaing region, which has been declared a disaster zone, UN warns
July 2018:
29 juillet 2018: Au moins cinq personnes ont été tuées et des dizaines de milliers déplacées après d'importantes inondations en Birmanie
August 2018:
29 August 2018: More than 50,000 people evacuated their homes in central Myanmar on Wednesday after a dam breach as a result of heavy monsoon rains in the Bago region flooded towns and villages and caused the closure of a major highway
Landslides in Myanmar:
Landslides
in Myanmar
August 2015 floods and landslides:
2 August 2015: Toll from flash floods and landslides will increase as monsoon rains lash Burma’s Sagaing region, which has been declared a disaster zone, UN warns
November 2015 Hpakant jade mine disaster:
November 2015 Hpakant jade mine disaster
August 2019 floods and landslides:
12 août 2019: La mousson a provoqué un énorme glissement de terrain qui a causé la mort d'au moins 51 personnes, dans l'Etat Mon (sud-est), suivie d'inondations qui affectent aussi les Etats Karen et Kachin
Earthquakes in Burma:
Earthquakes
in Burma
2016:
13 April 2016 Myanmar earthquake
-
24 August 2016 Myanmar earthquake
Cambodia
-
Geography of Cambodia
-
History of Cambodia
-
Demographics of Cambodia
Economy of Cambodia:
Economy of Cambodia
- main industries include textiles, garments, mining, construction, cement, rubber, fishing, rice milling, wood products, tourism, casino gaming
-
Economic history of Cambodia
-
List of companies of Cambodia
Mineral industry of Cambodia:
Mineral industry of Cambodia
Cambodia's garment industry:
Cambodia's garment industry
-
16 May 2013: Part of a shoe factory in Kampong Speu province, west of Phnom Penh, crashed on to employees as they were working, leaving at least two people dead
-
20 October 2013: Clothes on your back - inside Cambodia's garment industry
-
8 janvier 2014: Les ouvriers du textile au Cambodge fabriquent dans des conditions controversées et pour moins de 100 dollars par mois les vêtements vendus en Occident par Nike ou Gap
Natural resources of Cambodia and deforestation:
Natural resources of Cambodia
-
Deforestation in Cambodia
Agriculture in Cambodia:
Agriculture in Cambodia
, represents 57.6% of labor force - crops include rice, maize, cassava, sweet potatoes, groundnuts, soybeans, sesame seeds, dry beans, and rubber
Transport in Cambodia:
Transport
in
Cambodia
Rail transport in Cambodia:
Rail transport in Cambodia
Road transport in Cambodia:
Road transport in Cambodia
Waterways and harbors in Cambodia:
Waterways and harbors in Cambodia
Since 1960 Sihanoukville Autonomous Port:
Since 1960 Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, a government agency and state corporation of Cambodia and Sihanoukville that operates and governs the country's sole deep water port
Tourism in Cambodia:
Tourism
in Cambodia
-
Tourist attractions in Cambodia
-
List of protected areas of Cambodia
-
List of World Heritage Sites in Cambodia
Economic history of Cambodia and economic cycles:
Since 1953
economic history
of Cambodia after independence
Labour in Cambodia:
Labour in Cambodia
-
Trade unions in Cambodia
Child labour in Cambodia:
Child labour in Cambodia
Poverty in Cambodia:
Poverty in Cambodia
-
Child labour in Cambodia
2012:
22 April 2012: Dam on Mekong's tributary threatens livelihood of Cambodia's poor
Taxation in Cambodia:
Taxation in Cambodia
-
3 October 2013: Overview of Cambodian tax system
Military of Cambodia:
Military of Cambodia
-
Military history of Cambodia
1946-1989 'Indochina' Wars:
1946-1989 'Indochina' Wars, a series of wars fought in Southeast Asia involving independence movements, communist Indochinese forces and French, USA colonial and other regional and foreign forces
1967-1975 Cambodian Civil War:
1967-1975 Cambodian Civil War fought by the forces of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Viet Cong against the Kingdom of Cambodia and after October 1970, the Khmer Republic, which were supported by the USA and its South Vietnamese client state
Politics of Cambodia:
Politics of Cambodia
-
1993 Cambodia Constituent Assembly
and constitution
Political parties in Cambodia:
Political parties in Cambodia
Cambodian democracy movements:
Cambodian democracy movements
2012/2013-2017 Cambodia National Rescue Party CNRP:
Since 2012/2013 Cambodia National Rescue Party CNRP, was a major political party in Cambodia founded in 2012 as a merger between the Sam Rainsy Party and Human Rights Party
-
Policies of the CNRP
-
Since January 2018 Cambodia National Rescue Movement, following the dissolve of the CNRP in November 2017, as the movement has no legal status in Cambodia and has been branded as a 'terrorist group' by the government
Elections and politics in Cambodia:
Elections
in Cambodia
July 2013 Cambodian general election:
Cambodian general election 28 July 2013
-
29 July 2013: National Rescue Party alleges widespread irregularities in parliamentary poll that saw ruling party claim victory
-
31 July: Cambodia's opposition party says it won general election 63-60, challenging the ruling party's earlier declaration of victory and calling for an independent commission to investigate poll irregularities
-
7 September 2013: Cambodian opposition rallies as final poll results loom
September 2013 Cambodian opposition rallies as final poll results loom:
7 September 2013: Cambodian opposition rallies as final poll results loom
January-March 2017 'Culture of Dialogue’ denied:
31 January 2017: 'Culture of Dialogue’ between the opposition and ruling parties faces official demise
-
2 February 2017: PM Hun Sen tells ministers to ignore CNRP requests to appear at assembly
-
3 March 2017: Cambodia changes political rules in 'triumph of dictatorship', critics say, making it easy to dissolve a political party on the basis that it threatens 'national unity'
June 2017 Cambodian communal elections:
4 June 2017 Cambodian communal elections
-
5 June 2017: Cambodia's opposition and the CNRP made significant gains in local elections against the ruling party
-
26 June 2017: NEC results show the CPP receiving 3,540,056 votes or 50.76%, winning in 1,156 communes and wards and the CNRP came second with 489 out of the total 1,646
September 2017 closure of newspaper and arrest of Kem Sokha:
4 September 2017: The Cambodian authorities’ closure of the country’s longest running English-language newspaper today represents a disturbing escalation in the pre-election crackdown on government critics, rights group says
-
5 September 2017: Kem Sokha, leader of the Cambodian opposition's National Rescue party, accused of conspiring with USA to topple the government in charges his party say are politically motivated
November 2017 Supreme Court rules to dissolve CNRP:
17 November 2017: Cambodia faced a chorus of condemnation from the UN, the EU and the USA after the country's Supreme Court, effectively controlled by Hun Sen, outlawed the Cambodia's main opposition party CNRP and banned more than 100 of its politicians Thursday, accusing the party of attempting to overthrow the government
December 2017 Hun Sen wants to remain in power:
27 décembre 2017: Ex-Khmer rouge et au pouvoir depuis plus de 30 ans, le premier ministre cambodgien Hun Sen a annoncé qu'il souhaitait se maintenir dix ans de plus au pouvoir
July 2018:
27 July 2018: The ruling Cambodian People’s Party has lodged a complaint against a prominent lawyer who has represented opposition officials and activists over comments he posted on social media appealing for an election boycott
July 2018 Cambodian general election:
29 July 2018 Cambodian general election
-
29 July 2019: Polls closed in Cambodia’s general election amid criticism of a crackdown against dissenters, and as rights groups said that the vote was neither free nor fair in the absence of any significant challenger to Hun Sen and amid voter intimidation
-
29 July 2018: As official results won’t be announced until mid-August, Hun Sen reportedly re-elected according to CPP spokesman after a months-long brutal crackdown destroyed all opposition
10 November 2019 Cambodia's Kem Sokha released on bail:
10 November 2019: Cambodian politician and activist Kem Sokha, who served as the president of the CNRP, was released on bail more than a year after his arrest, but was placed under house arrest, after it was alleged that Sokha was conspiring with the USA and his lawyers have alleged violations of their client's rights according to the Criminal Procure Code
November 2020 trial and hearing of opponents and government critics delayed:
26 November 2020: Cambodian court convened for the treason trial of more than 100 opposition figures deferred proceedings until January/March 2021, delaying a case widely condemned as a move by long-serving PM Hun Sen to decimate his political rivals, as just 34 appeared, with many in exile, convinced they would not get a fair hearing
Social movements and protests:
Protests in Cambodia
-
Trade Unions in Cambodia
-
Global Witness' campaign in Cambodia
2012:
26 April 2012: Cambodian environmental campaigner Chut Wutty who investigated illegal logging shot dead by police
2013-2014 Cambodian protests:
2013–2014 Cambodian protests
2013/2014 Cambodian garment workers’ strikes and protests:
28 May 2013: Cambodian police clash with thousands of mostly female garment workers, 23 hurt when police using stun batons moved in to end a protest over pay at a factory that makes clothing for US sportswear company Nike
-
11 June: Hundreds of workers have been fired from the factory making sportswear for USA giant Nike following a series of protests over pay, unionists say denouncing the move as unacceptable and illegal
-
6 septembre: Plus de 700 ouvriers du textile au Cambodge ont vu leur licenciement annulé dans une usine fournissant Gap et H&M
,
après la mobilisation de milliers de leurs collègues
-
12 November 2013: More than 30 people were arrested after protests erupted and police, killing one woman and wounding eight people, tried to break up a strike by garment workers from a factory supplying H&M and Gap
2014 Cambodian police opened fire on protesting garment workers:
3 January 2014: Cambodian police opened fire on protesting garment workers, demanding a minimum wage of $160 per month, and left at least three people dead
-
4 janvier: La police disperse un rassemblement de l'opposition à Phnom Penh et interdit de nouveaux rassemblements, au lendemain de la répression d'une manifestation d'ouvriers du textile
-
5 January: As police indefinitely bans further rallies, Cambodia's opposition leaders are summoned to court on suspicion of inciting civil unrest
-
21 January 2014: Cambodia arrests 11 persons, comprising union leaders and land-rights advocates, as activists try to deliver petitions to foreign diplomats in the Cambodian capital following a ban on protests
September 2014 protests over £62-a-month minimum pay:
21 September 2014: Fashion retailers H&M, Zara and Primark among brands offering higher wages for clothing workers amid protests over £62-a-month minimum pay and days after thousands of workers took to the streets of Phnom Penh
2016 tens of thousands of Cambodians in the funeral procession for a leading government critic:
24 July 2016: Tens of thousands of Cambodians have marched in the funeral procession for a leading government critic who was fatally shot in an attack that raised suspicion of a political conspiracy
Society, demographics, culture and human rights in Cambodia:
Cambodian society
-
Human rights in Cambodia
-
Religion in Cambodia
-
Freedom of religion in Cambodia
-
History of Buddhism in Cambodia
-
Since 2002 Cambodian Center for Human Rights, a non-partisan, independent, non-governmental organization that works to promote and protect democracy and respect for human rights throughout Cambodia
Provinces, districts, cities and communes of Cambodia:
25
Provinces
of Cambodia
-
List of Cambodian 165
districts
, 26
cities
and 12
sections
-
Communes
are the third-level administrative divisions in Cambodia and can consist of as few as 3 or as many as 30 villages
List of cities and towns in Cambodia:
List of
cities
and
towns
in Cambodia
Phnom Penh:
Phnom Penh
, the capital and most populous city of Cambodia, located on the banks of the Tonlé Sap and Mekong River, the nation's economic, industrial, and cultural center
Economy of Phnom Penh:
Economy of Phnom Penh, Cambodia's economic centre as it accounts for a large portion of the Cambodian economy and as double-digit economic growth rates in recent years have triggered an economic boom in Phnom Penh
History and timeline of Phnom Penh:
History of Phnom Penh
Ta Khmau Municipality:
Ta Khmau Municipality
, the capital and largest city of Kandal Province in central Cambodia south of Phnom Penh, as approximately 60% of the citizens of Krong Ta Khmau travel to work in Phnom Penh
Serei Saophoan:
Serei Saophoan
, the capital and largest city of Banteay Meanchey Province and the fourth most populous city in Cambodia
Battambang:
Battambang
, the capital city of Battambang province in northwestern Cambodia, the leading rice-producing province of the country
Sihanoukville:
Sihanoukville
, a coastal city in Cambodia and the capital of Sihanoukville Province, at the tip of an elevated peninsula in the country's south-west on the Gulf of Thailand with a population of around 89,800 people in 2008
Since 1960 Sihanoukville Autonomous Port:
Since 1960 Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, a government agency and state corporation of Cambodia and Sihanoukville that operates and governs the country's sole deep water port on the Bay of Kompong Som of the Gulf of Thailand in south-western Cambodia
Demographics and ethnic groups in Cambodia:
Demographics
of Cambodia
-
Ethnic groups in
Cambodia
Culture of Cambodia:
Culture
of Cambodia
-
Languages of Cambodia
-
Courtship, marriage, and divorce in Cambodia
Youth and child labour in Cambodia:
Youth in Cambodia
-
Child labour in Cambodia
Education in Cambodia:
Education
in Cambodia
Schools in Cambodia:
Schools in Cambodia
-
List of schools in Cambodia by province
Universities and colleges in Cambodia:
Universities and colleges in Cambodia
National Library of Cambodia:
National Library of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, 1975-1979 the Khmer Rouge destroyed most of the books and bibliographical records, only less than 20% of the materials survived
Museums in Cambodia:
Museums in Cambodia
-
List of museums in Cambodia
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum:
'Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum' in Phnom Penh, chronicling the Cambodian genocide by the Khmer Rouge regime 1975-1979, the former high school was just one of at least 150 execution centers established by the Khmer Rouge
-
'Choeung Ek', the site of a former orchard and mass grave of victims of the Khmer Rouge 17 kilometres south of Phnom Penh is the best-known of the sites known as 'The Killing Fields', where the Khmer Rouge regime executed over one million people between 1975 and 1979
-
Khmer Rouge 'Killing Fields', a number of sites in Cambodia where collectively more than a million people were killed and buried by the Khmer Rouge regime 1975-1979 as part of a broad state-sponsored genocide immediately after the end of the Cambodian Civil War 1970–1975
Cambodian Landmine Museum:
Cambodian Landmine Museum
Health in Cambodia:
Health
in Cambodia
Healthcare in Cambodia:
Medical and health organizations based in Cambodia
-
Hospitals in Cambodia
Media of Cambodia:
Media
of Cambodia
Newspapers in Cambodia:
Newspapers published in Cambodia
-
List of newspapers in Cambodia
September 2017 closure of the Cambodia Daily's by the government:
September 2017 closure of the Cambodia Daily's by the government and relaunch despite the government ordered blocking of its on-line presence
Broadcasting in Cambodia:
Broadcasting in Cambodia
-
Women's Media Centre of Cambodia, a non-governmental, non profit media organization, delivering national awareness and informative programs on a diverse range of issues affecting contemporary Cambodia, with a special focus on the roles and rights of Cambodian women, the centre is best known for its radio channel Women's Radio
2013:
7 November 2013: Amid the ruling CPP’s continuing stranglehold on the country’s nine terrestrial TV stations, the opposition CNRP launched an online TV station
Internet in Cambodia:
Internet in Cambodia
Crime in Cambodia:
Crime in Cambodia
Khmer Rouge rule of Cambodia and genocide:
Khmer Rouge rule of Cambodia 1975-1979
-
Cambodian genocide
-
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia ECCC
-
Website ECCC
-
Four Khmer Rouge leaders go on trial 27 June 2011
-
7 August 2014: Former Khmer Rouge senior figures Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan found guilty of crimes against humanity and given life imprisonment by a court in Cambodia
Corruption in Cambodia:
Corruption in Cambodia
Human trafficking in Cambodia:
Human trafficking in Cambodia
Illegal logging in Cambodia:
Illegal logging in Cambodia
Man-made disasters in Cambodia:
Man-made disasters in Cambodia
November 2010 Phnom Penh stampede:
22 November 2010 Phnom Penh stampede, when 347 people were killed and another 755 were injured in a human stampede during the Khmer Water Festival celebrations in Phnom Penh
June 2019 seven-storey building collapse:
22 June 2019: At least three people died when a seven-storey under-construction building owned by a Chinese company collapsed with workers inside in the beach town of Sihanoukville, amid fears dozens more were left trapped in the rubble, after Chinese investment has flooded in recent years, spurring a construction boom in the resort town known for its casinos, which pull in mainland tourists, and as there are around 50 Chinese-owned casinos and dozens of hotel complexes under construction
-
24 June 2019: Two days after unfinished, seven-storey building in Sihanoukville collapsed, it emerged that three Chinese nationals and a local landowner involved in the construction had been detained while the incident was investigated, as toll in Cambodia building collapse rises to 24 and anger is growing over poor standards in construction boom that has transformed Sihanoukville into tourist and gambling hub
4 January 2020 building collapse in Cambodia's coastal town of Kep:
4 January 2020: At least 10 people have been killed and 23 injured after a building in Cambodia's coastal town of Kep collapsed, trapping workers under rubble, officials said on Saturday, coming six months after another construction site collapsed, killing 28 people in Preah Sihanouk province, as Cambodia is undergoing a construction boom to serve growing crowds of Chinese tourists and investors
Law and legal history in Cambodia:
Cambodian law
-
Human rights in Cambodia and legal history in Cambodia
-
1993 Cambodia Constituent Assembly
and constitution
Judiciary of Cambodia:
Judiciary
of Cambodia
Cambodia's judicial branch and court system:
Cambodia's judicial branch and court system
November 2020 trial and hearing of nearly 130 opponents and government critics:
26 November 2020: Cambodia's Phnom Penh municipal court has begun hearing the cases of nearly 130 opponents and government critics charged with treason for taking part in non-violent political activities over the past three years, in what one of them described as a sham trial, as most of those being tried by the court are former members or supporters of the Cambodia National Rescue Party,the sole opposition party in parliament, that had been expected to offer a strong challenge to PM Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodian People’s party in the 2018 general election
-
26 November 2020: Cambodian court convened for the treason trial of more than 100 opposition figures deferred proceedings until January/March 2021, delaying a case widely condemned as a move by long-serving PM Hun Sen to decimate his political rivals, as just 34 appeared, with many in exile, convinced they would not get a fair hearing
Cambodia's Supreme Council of the Magistracy:
Cambodia's Supreme Council of the Magistracy
November 2017 Supreme Court rules the dissolution of opposition party:
24 November 2017: Cambodia’s Supreme Court rules the dissolution of opposition party
Since 1997 Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia:
Since 1997 Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (commonly known as the Cambodia Tribunal or Khmer Rouge Tribunal), a court established as part of an agreement between Cambodia and the UN to try the most senior responsible members of the Khmer Rouge for alleged violations of international law and serious crimes perpetrated during the Cambodian genocide
2014 Khmer Rouge senior figures found guilty of crimes against humanity:
7 August 2014: Former Khmer Rouge senior figures Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan found guilty of crimes against humanity and given life imprisonment by a court in Cambodia
November 2018 Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of genocide:
16 November 2018: Khmer Rouge leaders Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea, the two most senior living leaders of regime that presided over deaths of at least 1.7 million in Cambodia, found guilty of genocide
Law enforcement in Cambodia:
Law enforcement
in Cambodia
Foreign relations of Cambodia:
Foreign relations of Cambodia
Treaties of Cambodia:
Treaties of Cambodia
Cambodia and the United Nations:
Since 1955
United Nations
Security Council resolutions concerning Cambodia
1991 UN Advance Mission in Cambodia:
1991 UN Advance Mission in Cambodia
1992-1993 UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia:
1992-1993 UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia, a UN peacekeeping operation in Cambodia and the first occasion on which the UN had taken over the administration of an independent state, organised and run an election, had its own radio station and jail, and been responsible for promoting and safeguarding human rights at the national level
Since 1997 Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia:
Since 1997 Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (commonly known as the Cambodia Tribunal or Khmer Rouge Tribunal) to try the most senior responsible members of the Khmer Rouge for alleged violations of international law and serious crimes perpetrated during the Cambodian genocide, established as part of an agreement between Cambodia and the UN, and its members include both local and foreign judges
Since 1995 Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty:
Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty since 1995
Since November 2000 Mekong–Ganga Cooperation:
Since November 2000 Mekong–Ganga Cooperation, taking its name from the Ganga and the Mekong, two large rivers in the region, and comprising six member countries, namely India, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
Bilateral relations of Cambodia:
Bilateral relations
of Cambodia
Cambodia/Bangladesh relations:
Cambodia/
Bangladesh
relations
Cambodia/PR China relations:
Cambodia/PR
China
relations
2017 China supports Cambodia's crackdown:
21 November 2017: China supports Cambodia's crackdown on political opposition
June 2019 building collapse:
22 June 2019: At least three people died when a seven-storey under-construction building owned by a Chinese company collapsed with workers inside in the beach town of Sihanoukville, amid fears dozens more were left trapped in the rubble, after Chinese investment has flooded in recent years, spurring a construction boom in the resort town known for its casinos, which pull in mainland tourists, and as there are around 50 Chinese-owned casinos and dozens of hotel complexes under construction
Cambodia/France relations:
Cambodia/
France
relations
-
French 'Protectorate' of Cambodia 1863-1953
-
French Indochina 1887-1954
-
Indochina Wars
Cambodia/Laos relations:
Cambodia/
Laos
relations
July 2018:
27 July 2018: Thousands of Cambodians evacuated as water from Laos’ dam breach streams into neighbouring Cambodia with floodwaters reaching 11.5 metres in some areas
Cambodia/Thailand relations:
Cambodian-
Thailand
border dispute 2008-2011
-
International Court of Justice 18 July 2011: Thai-Cambodian troops 'must leave Preah Vihear temple'
-
12 November 2013: Cambodia, not Thailand, has sovereignty over border land around temple, UN’s highest court says
Cambodia/United Kingdom relations:
Cambodia/
United Kingdom
relations
Cambodia/USA relations:
Cambodia/
USA
relations
Since 1954 CIA activities in Cambodia:
CIA activities in Cambodia since 1954
1946-1989 'Indochina' Wars:
1946-1989 'Indochina' Wars, a series of wars fought in Southeast Asia involving independence movements, communist Indochinese forces and French, USA colonial and other regional and foreign forces
1969-1970 (1965-1973) covert USA bombing campaign in eastern Cambodia and Laos:
Operation Menu - covert USA bombing campaign in eastern Cambodia and Laos 1969-1970 (1965-1973)
1970 Cambodian Campaign by the USA and its South Vietnamese client state:
Cambodian Campaign 1970 by the USA and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War
1970-1973 'Operation Freedom Deal':
1970-1973 'Operation Freedom Deal', a USA Seventh Air Force interdiction and close air support campaign waged in Cambodia (later, the Khmer Republic) between May 1970 and August 1973, during the Vietnam War
1967-1975 Cambodian Civil War:
1967-1975 Cambodian Civil War fought by the forces of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Viet Cong against the Kingdom of Cambodia and after October 1970, the Khmer Republic, which were supported by the USA and its South Vietnamese client state
2013:
28 May 2013: Cambodian police clash with thousands of mostly female garment workers, 23 hurt when police using stun batons moved in to end a protest over pay at a factory that makes clothing for USA sportswear company Nike
2016:
18 August 2016: Cambodian villagers have filed a lawsuit against four companies that supply USA supermarkets including Walmart, claiming they were trafficked to work under slavery-like conditions in a Thai seafood factory that exports to the USA
Cambodia/Vietnam relations:
Cambodia/
Vietnam
relations
1977-1991 Cambodian–Vietnamese War:
1977-1991 Cambodian–Vietnamese War and the removal of the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge from power, ending the Cambodian genocide
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Ba Chúc massacre carried out by the Khmer Rouge in April 1978 in Ba Chúc, Tri Tôn, An Giang Province in South Vietnam and one of the events that prompted the Vietnamese invasion of Kampuchea
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The Paris Peace Accords 1991 marked the official end of the Cambodian–Vietnamese War
Since 2000:
Mekong–Ganga Cooperation since 2000
Environment of Cambodia:
Environment of Cambodia
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Natural history of Cambodia
Ecoregions in Cambodia:
List of ecoregions in Cambodia
Water in Cambodia:
Water in Cambodia
Environmental issues in Cambodia:
Environmental issues in Cambodia include flooding, deforestation, soil erosion in rural areas, declining fish stocks, decreasing access to clean water, habitat loss and declining biodiversity
Deforestation in Cambodia:
Deforestation in Cambodia
Natural disasters in Cambodia:
Natural disasters in Cambodia
Typhoons in Cambodia:
Typhoons in Cambodia
2009:
September 2009 Typhoon Ketsana
2011 Southeast Asian floods:
2011 Southeast Asian floods
October 2020 dozens killed in floods across Southeast Asia as tropical storm Nangka approaches:
October 2020 Tropical Storm Nangka
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13 October 2020: Nearly 40 people have died in Vietnam and Cambodia and scores more were missing, including rescuers, due to prolonged heavy rain and flash flooding as tropical storm Nangka edged towards the Vietnamese coast on Tuesday, after heavy rains since early October have caused deadly floods and landslides in several provinces in central Vietnam and displaced thousands of people in western Cambodia
Caucasus
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Geography of the Caucasus
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North Caucasus
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South Caucasus
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History of the Caucasus
-
Peoples of the Caucasus
-
Languages of the Caucasus
North Caucasian Federal District:
North Caucasian Federal District
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Demographics of North Caucasian Federal District - ethnic Russians constitute less than one-third of the total population at 2,854,040 (30.26 %) according to the 2010 Census, at least 20% of the population in North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Karachay-Cherkessia, a diverse assortment of mostly Muslim ethnic and tribal groups form the remainder, and the North Caucasus Federal District is Russia's only Muslim-majority district
2015:
3 August 2015: Russian security forces kill 14 people suspected of 'international terrorism' in North Caucasus
Chechnya:
Chechnya
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History of Chechnya
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First Chechen War 1994-1996
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Second Chechen War 1999-2000, Insurgency phase 2000–2009
Politics of Chechnya:
Politics of Chechnya
2012:
6 August 2012: Interior ministry troops among the dead after suspected bombers strike outside Grozny
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21 September 2012: At least 12 people killed in fighting between army and Islamist fighters in Chechnya and Kabardino-Balkaria
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21 October 2012: Raids involving both local and federal Russian troops destroyed 90 bases across several republics in North Caucasus, Russia says
2014:
4 December 2014: At least six gunmen and three policemen reportedly killed in gun battles in which a building was stormed in Grozny
2016
10 March 2016: Journalists on a tour organised by human rights activists in Chechnya have been attacked by masked men, with their minibus burned and two reporters hospitalised, according to activists
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21 March 2016: After being thrown out of his hotel in Grozny and attacked, the head of the Committee to Prevent Torture Igor Kalyapin speaks out over office raids, beatings of journalists and attack on him in street
Dagestan:
Dagestan
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4 May 2012: Two blasts near a police post killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 20 in Dagestan
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NZZ 20. Mai: Sieben Tote bei Anti-Terror-Einsätzen im Nordkaukasus
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19 August: Masked gunmen burst into a mosque in the troubled Russian Caucasus region of Dagestan, wounding eight
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NZZ 28. August 2012: Selbstmordattentat auf Islamgelehrten und Amoklauf in Kaserne
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20 May 2013: Two car bombs killed at least three people and wounded dozens of others on Monday in Dagestan's provincial capital Makhachkala
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25 May: Female suicide bomber, a widow of two Islamic radicals killed by security forces, injures 18 people
Ingushetia:
Ingushetia
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19 August 2012: Six policemen have died in Ingushetia region in a suicide bombing at the funeral of their colleague
Kabardino-Balkaria:
Kabardino-Balkaria
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Geography of Kabardino-Balkaria
-
Demographics of Kabardino-Balkaria
Politics of Kabardino-Balkaria:
Politics of Kabardino-Balkaria
Krasnodar Krai:
Krasnodar Krai
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Geography of Krasnodar Krai, located in the southwestern part of the North Caucasus
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Demographics of Krasnodar Krai
Politics of Krasnodar Krai:
Politics of Krasnodar Krai
North Ossetia-Alania:
North Ossetia-Alania
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Geography of North Ossetia-Alania
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Demographics of North Ossetia-Alania
Politics of North Ossetia-Alania:
Politics of North Ossetia-Alania
South Ossetia:
South Ossetia
, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, located in the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the former Georgian SSR, its population of 53,000 lives in an area of 3,900 km2, south of the Russian Caucasus
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Demographics of South Ossetia
2011 South Ossetian referendum:
South Ossetian referendum 11 September 2011
South Ossetian presidential election 2011/2012:
South Ossetian presidential election 13 November 2011
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NZZ 14. November 2011: Präsidentenwahl ohne Entscheidung - Stichwahl am 27. November
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Alla Dzhioyeva wins the presidential election with 8955 votes to Bibilov's 6205 but the Supreme Court declared the elections invalid
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South Ossetian presidential election 25 March and 8 April 2012
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9 April 2012: Ex-KGB agent Tibilov wins in South Ossetia
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Leonid Tibilov elected president with 54% of the vote
June 2014 South Ossetian parliamentary election:
South Ossetian parliamentary election 8 June 2014
Foreign relations of South Ossetia:
Foreign relations of South Ossetia
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States that do not recognise Abkhazia or South Ossetia as independent
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States formally recognising Abkhazia or South Ossetia as independent
South Ossetia/Abkhazia relations
South Ossetia/Georgia/Russia relations:
South Ossetia/Georgia relations
-
South Ossetia/Russia relations
-
Georgia/Russia relations
1918-1920 Georgian–Ossetian conflict:
Georgian–Ossetian conflict 1918–1920
Since 1989:
Georgian–Ossetian conflict 1989-present over Georgia's former autonomous region of South Ossetia, which evolved in 1989 and developed into a 1991–1992 South Ossetia War
1991–1992 South Ossetia War:
1991–1992 South Ossetia War
2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis and August 2008 Russo-Georgian War:
2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis
-
August 2008 Russo-Georgian War
2009-2011:
Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia (South Caucasus), Report September 2009, Volume I, Introduction
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UN court rejects Georgia case against Russia April 2011
2015:
19 March 2015: Georgia accuses Russian regime of 'de facto annexation' as Putin signs pact with South Ossetia incorporating South Ossetia's economy and military into Russia's
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14 July 2015: Georgia accuses Russia of violating international law over South Ossetia, as latest in series of surprise operations sees Russian troops erect new border markings several hundred metres deeper into disputed region
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8 August 2015: Residents of South Ossetia pay tribute to victims of 2008 conflict
2016:
24 March 2016: International criminal court judges have authorised prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's office to open an investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in South Ossetia during the 2008 armed conflict between Russia and Georgia
People's Republic of China (PRC)
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Geography of the PRC
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History of China
-
Demographics of the PRC
Economy of the PRC:
Economy of the PRC
- main industries include mining and ore processing, iron, steel, aluminum, and other metals, coal, petroleum, machine building, armaments, electronics, transportation equipment, including automobiles, rail cars and locomotives, ships, and aircraft, telecommunications equipment, commercial space launch vehicles, satellites, textiles and apparel, cement, chemicals, fertilizers, consumer products, including footwear, toys, food processing
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Economic history of China 1949–present
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List of companies of China
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Companies of China by industry
-
List of State-owned enterprises in China
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List of the largest companies of China
Industry of the PRC:
Industry of the PRC
-
Chinese industrialization
-
Technological and industrial history of the PRC
-
Manufacturing companies of China
Machinery manufacturing in China:
Machinery manufacturing
Automotive industry in China:
Automotive industry in China
2017:
11 September 2017: Seeking to ease pollution, China is considering a ban on the production and sale of fossil fuel cars 'in the near future' in a major boost to the production of electric vehicles, as the country produced and sold more than 28m vehicles in 2016 and the sale of new energy vehicles topped 500,000
Electronics industry in China:
Electronics industry in China
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Software industry in China
2017:
6 October 2017: World’s biggest laptop brands rely on Chinese student labourers as young as 16 to work 12-hour days on 'Quanta' factory production lines, with their funding and graduation at risk if they fail to comply, a labour watchdog says
Textile industry in China:
Textile industry in China - China's cotton textile industry is the largest in the world, producing yarn, cloth, woolen piece goods, knitting wool, silk, jute bags, and synthetic fibers
Silk industry in China
January 2019:
11 January 2019: USA sportswear company Badger has stopped using a Chinese supplier following concerns it was using forced labour in camps in Xinjiang
Chemical and pharmaceutical industry in China:
Chemical companies of China
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Pharmaceutical industry in China
-
Pharmaceutical companies of China
2015:
21 août 2015: Des risques pour la sécurité ont été repérés dans près de 70% des entreprises manipulant des produits chimiques dangereux, inspectées à Pékin
July 2018:
9 July 2018: A mysterious surge in emissions of the illegal ozone-destroying chemical CFC-11 has been tracked down to plastic foam manufacturers in China
,
according to an EIA's on-the-ground investigation
Military industry in the PRC:
Military industry of the PRC
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Weapons of the PRC
1 May 2014: European countries have approved billions in transfers of weapons and military-ready technology to China, AFP investigation shows
Chinese space program:
Chinese space program
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29 June 2012: China's space capsule returns to Earth after a mission which saw the country's first manual docking procedure and its first woman in space
2013:
14 December 2013: China's first lunar rover lands on moon
2016:
16 August 2016: Chinese regime launches quantum satellite for 'hack-proof' communications, hoping to create communications system with significant military and commercial applications
2018:
30 March 2018: China's out-of-control Tiangong-1 space station will crash to Earth this weekend
Energy in the PRC:
Energy in China
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Fossil fuels in China
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Coal in China
-
Petroleum in China
-
Natural gas in China
Renewable energy in China
Nuclear power in China:
Nuclear power in China
2015:
25 May 2015: He Zuoxiu, a leading Chinese scientist, warns over 'insane' plans for new nuclear power plants saying the country is not investing enough in safety controls after lifting of post-Fukushima disaster reactor ban
Petroleum industry and China National Petroleum Corporation:
Petroleum industry in China
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Oil companies of China
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China National Petroleum Corporation with 30 international exploration and production projects
Energy policy of the PRC and coal power:
Energy policy of the PRC
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Coal power in the PRC
2015 coal power:
4 November 2015: China underreporting coal consumption by up to 17%, as data indicate that China has emitted close to a billion additional tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year
September 2018 coal power:
26 September 2018: Chinese power plants run on coal, thought to have been cancelled because of government edicts, are still being built and are threatening to 'seriously undermine' global climate goals, researchers have warned
Mine accidents in the PRC:
Accidents and deaths
-
List of coal mining accidents in China
2008:
2008 Shanxi mudslide, caused by the collapse of an unlicensed mine landfill
2011:
4 November 2011: Mine disaster - dozens trapped in coalmine
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5 November: Several miners rescued from the Qianqiu coal mine
2012:
31 August 2012: At least 37 miners killed in Sichuan province after explosion at coal mine
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3 September: A coal mine explosion in the Gaokeng Coal Mine in Jiangxi province's Pingxiang city has killed at least 14 people just days after a blast in the country's south-west left 44 dead
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24 November: 18 Chinese miners die in coal-gas explosion in the state-owned Xiangshui coalmine in Guizhou province
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5 December: A gas blast in the Shangchang Coal Mine in Yunnan province left 17 people dead
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18 December: At least six people killed in an explosion at Niulanchu Coal Mine in Hunan Province
2013:
23 January 2013: Coal mine blast kills ten, three missing in Guizhou province's Liupanshui city
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13 March: 21 miners on Tuesday killed and four others missing after a coal and gas outburst at the Machang coal mine in Guizhou Province
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29/30 March 2013: After a landslide buried 83 people in Tibet's Lhasa Maizhokunggar county gold mine area, working for a subsidiary of the state-owned China National Gold Group Corp.
,
search continues for trapped miners
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30 March: At least 28 people are killed in an explosion in state-owned Babao Coal Mine in the city of Baishan in Jilin province
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11 May 2013: An explosion at a coal mine in Guizhou province has killed 12 miners and injured two others
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12 May: An explosion at a coal mine in China's south-west Sichuan province has killed at least 27 people
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13 December: A blast at the Baiyanggou coal mine in the Xinjiang province killed 21 people
2014:
12 April 2014: 22 people still trapped in a coal mine in Qilin district of Qujing city
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7 June: A gas leak at a ferronickel mine has killed two people and left six others sick in Qinghai province
2015/2016:
21 November 2015: A fire at a coalmine operated by the state-owned Heilongjiang Longmay Mining Holding Group in Jixi city in north-eastern China killed more than 20 people
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24 mars 2016: Des mineurs ont perdu la vie dans un accident sur un site de la province du Shanxi appartenant au Shanxi Datong Coal Mine Group
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2 novembre 2016: Une explosion dans la mine de charbon à Jinshangou en Chongqing dans le sud-ouest a fait 33 victimes
March 2017:
14 mars 2017: Dix-sept mineurs chinois sont morts la semaine dernière dans la chute d'un ascenseur dans une mine de la province du Heilongjiang
October 2018:
29 octobre 2018: Au moins 19 personnes sont mortes en Chine suite à un accident dans une mine de charbon du groupe Longyun Coal dans la province du Shandong
January 2019:
13 January 2019: 21 people have been killed after a roof collapsed at a coalmine in northern China in Shaanxi province
December 2019 coalmine explosion:
17 décembre 2019: 14 mineurs ont perdu la vie mardi lors d'un coup de grisou dans une mine de charbon du sud-ouest de la Chine, tandis que deux autres personnes restaient coincées dans le puits, selon les autorités locales
5 December 2020 18 miners killed in underground gas leak in Chongqing:
5 December 2020: 18 miners have been confirmed dead after a carbon monoxide leak at the Diaoshuidong mine in the city of Chongqing in southwestern China, state media reported, with rescue efforts under way to reach five others still trapped underground, after in 2013 an earlier accident at the mine claimed the lives of three people, and after in 2018 seven miners died after a skip plummeted down a mine shaft in Chongqing
18 January 2021 Chinese Shandong Qixia miners trapped by blast a week ago send note to rescuers:
January 2021 Shandong Qixia Gold Mine Explosion Accident
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18 January 2021: Workers trapped in a gold mine after an explosion at the site in eastern China on 10 January have sent a written note to the surface saying
that 12 of the miners trapped underground are still alive
24 January 2021 11 workers rescued after two weeks underground:
24 January 2021: 11 workers rescued after two weeks underground in Shandong Qixia mine accident
Agriculture in the PRC:
Agriculture in the PRC
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History of agriculture in the People's Republic of China
Soil contamination in China and ecosystem effects:
Soil contamination in China and ecosystem effects
Land use in China, cultivated land and livestock grazing:
Land use in China, cultivated land and livestock grazing, as livestock grazing is a major driver of grassland degradation in China, forcing the regime to institute a variety of programs to combat desertification
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Since 1978 China's Rural Reform, including objectives of increase in agricultural production, absorption of farm labor by industries, reduction of poverty, increase in quality and quantity of food consumption
Since 1980s Township and Village Enterprises TVEs:
Since 1980s 'Township and Village Enterprises' TVEs, market-oriented public enterprises under the purview of local governments based in townships and villages in China, as after the mid-1990s, TVEs were forced to restructure substantially, with increased market integration and competition, amid official discrimination against TVEs, official preference for foreign-owned enterprises, and leading to a rise of 'industrial clusters'
Since 1950s 'Rural Credit Cooperatives':
Since the 1950s 'Rural Credit Cooperatives' RCCs, a cooperative or credit union sanctioned by the Bank of China to provide credit in the rural areas, until RCCs were supervised by the Agricultural Bank of China
Since 1998 many RCCs transformed into rural commercial banks RCBs, foreign investment and challenges:
Since 1998, when the RCFs were banned, and RCCs were left as the only legal financial institution (other than banks) that served rural enterprises and individuals, and as there were approximately 44,000 township-level RCCs and 280,000 village-level RCC branches, many of the RCCs gradually transformed into rural commercial banks RCBs, as the first foreign investment in an RCB was allowed in 2006, when Rabobank and the International Finance Corporation (the private sector arm of the World Bank) acquired stakes in the United Rural Cooperative Bank of Hangzhou
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China's financial and banking system
2012 rural income inequality in China:
22 août 2012: La différence de revenus chez les ruraux inquiète
Crops in the PRC:
Crops in the PRC
include wheat, rice, corn, sorghum, millet, potatoes, soybeans, barley, oats, buckwheat, field peas, beans, peanuts, rapeseed, sesame seed, sunflower seed, safflower seed, leaf tobacco, tea, cotton and silk
Cotton production in China:
Cotton production in China, as cotton is the prime cash crop of China, as its production is the highest in the world (in excess of 20 percent of world production), and as 24 of the 35 provinces of China grow cotton with nearly 300 million people involved in its production
15 December 2020 more than half a million in Xinjiang forced to pick cotton:
15 December 2020: More than half a million people from ethnic minority groups in Xinjiang have been coerced into picking cotton, on a scale far greater than previously thought, new research has suggested, as Xinjiang region produces more than 20% of the world’s cotton and 84% of China’s, but there is significant evidence that it is 'tainted' by human rights abuses
Rice production in China:
Rice production in China, as country is the world's largest producer of rice, accounting for 30% of all world rice production, and as the crop makes up a little less than half of the country's total grain output
Since 2017 new Chinese hybrid rice:
Xiangliangyou 900, a cultivar of hybrid rice that holds the world's record for yield
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16 October 2017: Chinese super hybrid rice sets new world record in yields
Potato production in China:
Potato production in China, as the country is the world's largest producer of potatoes, generating more than 22% of global potato production, and as the potato is the only crop that can be grown in all regions of China
Peach production in China:
Peach production in China
Livestock in China:
Livestock in China
, as country has a large livestock population, with pigs and fowls being the most common
Since 2004 Chinese Animal Protection Network:
Since 2004 Chinese Animal Protection Network
Livestock farming has grown exponentially in China:
Livestock farming has grown exponentially in China in recent years, such that China is now 'the world's biggest animal farming nation'
April 2012 more than a quarter of all worldwide produced meat eaten in China:
24 April 2012: More than a quarter of all the meat produced worldwide is now eaten in China, and the country’s 1.35 billion people are hungry for more
August 2016 Chinese consumers support better welfare for pigs, survey says:
16 August 2016: Chinese consumers support better welfare for pigs, as new survey reveals Chinese people are willing to pay more for higher welfare pork
July 2017 China the world’s largest pork producer:
6 July 2017: As the world’s largest pork producer, China is home to more than half of the world’s pig population with pigs forced to live in small, overcrowded cages to increase profits, but now - on June 5 - one of the country’s largest agricultural producers Da Bei Nong signed an agreement with the International Cooperation Committee of Animal Welfare ICCAW to improve the quality of life for its 60,000 sows and millions of piglets through more roaming space and comfortable flooring
Animals used for food in China:
Animals used for food in China
Dog and cat meat in China:
Dog meat in China
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Since 2009 Lychee and Dog Meat Festival, an annual celebration held in China's Guangxi in which festival goers eat dog meat and lychees, spanning about ten days during which thousands of dogs are reportedly consumed
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15 July 2017: Inside the 2017 Yulin dog meat festival
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Cat meat in China
Bat as food in Asia and China:
Bat as food in Asia and China, as specific bat species eaten in China include the cave nectar bat, Pomona roundleaf bat, Indian flying fox, and Leschenault's rousette
25 February 2020 nearly 20,000 wildlife farms shut down across China:
25 February 2020: Nearly 20,000 wildlife farms raising species including peacocks, civet cats, porcupines, ostriches, wild geese and boar have been shut down across China in the wake of the coronavirus, in a move that has exposed the hitherto unknown size of the industry
25 February 2020 China banned the trade and consumption of wild animals suspected of causing worldwide pandemic:
25 February 2020: China just banned the trade and consumption of wild animals, as experts think the coronavirus, causing worldwide pandemic with catastrophic consequences, jumped from live animals to people at a market
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23 January 2020: A wet market in China's city of Wuhan, where animals are freshly slaughtered rather than chilled was identified as the suspected source of the coronavirus outbreak
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Since February 2018: 'Animals farmed update' by the British newspaper 'The Guardian'
Dairy farming in China:
Dairy farming
in China
Food safety in China and regime's control:
Food safety in China
is a growing concern relating to agriculture, as country's principal crops are rice, corn, wheat, soybeans, in addition to apples and other fruits and vegetables, and as China's principal livestock products include pork, beef, dairy, eggs, and as the Beijing regime oversees agricultural production as well as the manufacture of food packaging, containers, chemical additives, drug production, and business regulation
Food safety incidents in China since 2003:
Food safety incidents in China since 2003, as the 2008 Chinese milk scandal and 2019–2020 coronavirus pandemic received the most attention among food safety incidents
2008 Chinese milk scandal:
2008 Chinese milk scandal, a significant food safety incident involving milk and infant formula along with other food materials and components being adulterated with melamine, as of an estimated 300,000 victims in China, six babies died from kidney stones and other kidney damage and an estimated 54,000 babies were hospitalized
Fishing industry and aquaculture in China:
Fishing industry
in China
-
Aquaculture in China
Water in China:
Water in China
-
Water resources of China
-
Bodies of water of China
Rivers of China:
Rivers of China
Yangtze River:
Yangtze River
, the longest river in Asia flowing for 6,300 kilometers from the glaciers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Qinghai eastward
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Dams on the Yangtze River
Tributaries of the Yangtze River:
Tributaries
of the Yangtze River
Chu River:
Chu River, a river of Anhui and Jiangsu
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Rivers of Anhui
20 July 2020 dam on Yangtze river tributary blown up to ease flooding:
20 July 2020: Authorities in central China have blasted a dam to release surging waters behind it amid widespread flooding that has claimed scores of lives, as dam on the Chu river in Anhui province, a tributary of the Yangtze river, was destroyed with explosives on Sunday morning
Yellow River:
Yellow River
, the third-longest river in Asia originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai province
Transport in China:
Transport in China
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Transport in China by province or autonomous region
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Transport in China by city
-
Public transport in China
-
History of transport in
China
Rail transport in China:
Rail transport
in
China
-
Rail transport in China by province
Railway accidents and incidents in China:
Railway accidents and incidents in China
-
List of rail accidents in China
July 2011 Wenzhou high-speed train collision:
23 July 2011 Wenzhou train collision when two high-speed trains travelling on the Yongtaiwen railway line collided on a viaduct in the suburbs of Wenzhou, Zhejiang province
Road transport in China:
Road transport
in China
-
Roads in China
Road bridges in China:
Road bridges in China
May 2014 Guangdong stone bridge collapse:
4 May 2014: A stone arch bridge under illegal construction in a village in Liangkengkou village in Guangdong province collapsed, killing 11 people and injuring several others
Cycling in China:
Cycling in China
Road incidents in China:
Road incidents in China
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Bus incidents in China
2011 Xinyang bus fire and Gansu school bus crash:
July 2011 Xinyang bus fire causing the deaths of at least 41 people
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November 2011 Gansu school bus crash
August 2012 Shaanxi bus–tanker crash:
August 2012 Shaanxi bus–tanker crash
June 2013 Xiamen bus fire:
June 2013 Xiamen bus fire
July 2015 Ji'an bus accident:
July 2015 Ji'an bus accident
2018 Chongqing bus crash and Lanzhou toll accident:
October 2018 Chongqing bus crash
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November 2018 Lanzhou toll accident
17 May 2020 people killed and injured when a bus flipped over:
17 May 2020: Six people died and 20 others were injured when a bus flipped over on a highway in southwestern China connecting the city of Xichang with the Sichuan provincial capital of Chengdu
Water transport in China:
Water transport
in China
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Rivers of China
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Ferry transport in China
-
Maritime history of China
-
Naval history of China
Canals and history of canals in China:
Canals in China
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History of canals in China connecting its major rivers and centers of agriculture and population
Maritime incidents in China:
Maritime incidents in China
2015 sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing traveling on the Yangtze river:
1 June 2015 sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing, struck by a cyclone while traveling on the Yangtze river carrying more than 450 people on board
Ports and harbours in China:
List of ports
and harbours in China
Aviation in China:
Aviation
in China
Tourism in China:
Tourism
in China
-
Visitor attractions in China
-
World Heritage Sites in China
July 2019 surveillance of tourists:
2 July 2019: Chinese border police are secretly installing surveillance apps on the phones of visitors and downloading personal information as part of the government’s intensive scrutiny of the remote Xinjiang region, according to 'The Guardian'
Foreign trade of the PRC:
History of
foreign trade of the PR of China
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Foreign trade: largest trading partners of the PRC
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19. März 2012: Weltweiter Waffenhandel boomt - das Volumen der Rüstungsgeschäfte hat in den vergangenen fünf Jahren um 24 Prozent zugenommen - auffällig sei der Aufstieg Chinas als Waffenexporteur, vor allem Pakistan habe chinesische Rüstungsgüter wie Schiffe und Kampfflugzeuge gekauft
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18 March 2013: With a rising volume of weapons exports between 2008 and 2012 of 162% compared to the previous five year period, China has become the world's fifth-largest arms exporter with Pakistan the main recipient, according to Sipri
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10 January 2014: PR of China surpasses USA as world's largest trading nation as annual trade in goods passes the $4tn mark
25 mars 2013: Président Xi Jinping en Afrique, le premier partenaire économique depuis quatre ans
Banking in the PRC and Bank of China:
Banking in China
-
Foreign exchange reserves of the People's Republic of China
August 2015 China devalues yuan further by 1.1%:
13 August 2015: China devalues yuan further by 1.1% after previous official cuts that put global financial markets on edge
October 2018 regime slashed amount of cash some banks must hold in reserve:
7 October 2018: Chinese regime has slashed the amount of cash some of its banks must hold in reserve as Beijing’s leadership seeks to bolster a flagging economy, as trade war bites on growth
Central bank of the PRC with the power to control monetary policy:
People's Bank of China, the central bank of the PRC with the power to control monetary policy and regulate financial institutions in mainland China
Chinese renminbi and yuan:
Currency of the P.R. of China
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Renminbi, the official currency of China, as the yuan is the basic unit of the renminbi, but is also used to refer to the Chinese currency generally, especially in international contexts where 'Chinese yuan' is widely used to refer to the renminbi
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Yuan, the base unit of a number of former and present-day currencies, usually refers to the primary unit of account of the renminbi
April 2020 China starts major trial of state-run digital currency:
28 April 2020: China starts major trial of state-run digital currency, as the e-RMB has reportedly been adopted in several cities, and as state-media outlet said it had been formally adopted into the cities’ monetary systems, with some government employees and public servants to receive their salaries in the digital currency from May
Financial system and services in China:
Chinese financial system
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Financial services companies of China
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Stock exchanges in China
Economic history and economic cycles in the PRC:
Economic history
of China since 1949
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Historical GDP of China
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History of trade of the PRC
Chinese economic policy
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Central Economic Work Conference
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State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC tasked with drafting rules and regulations governing foreign exchange market activities, and managing the state foreign exchange reserves
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Foreign exchange reserves of the PRC
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Cina's rank 1 in the list of countries by foreign-exchange reserves
2005-2011 Chinese property bubble:
Chinese property bubble 2005–2011
2011-2014:
'Twelfth Guideline' 2011–2015 of five-year plans of China
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30. September 2011: Auch Chinas Industrie schrumpft geringfügig
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15 July 2013: China's economic growth slows more as trade slumps
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8 December 2014: Surprise fall in China imports as exports also slow as weak demand surfaces at home and abroad
2015:
1 January 2015: Activity in factories and workshops is close to contraction, official index shows, as sector struggles with falling demand and struggling property market
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9 July 2015: In bid to halt a plunge in stock prices that is starting to roil global financial markets, China bans major shareholders from selling their stakes for next six months
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24 August: Chinese stock market suffers biggest fall since 2007, sparking pressure on global markets
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25 August: China's stock market slumps by 7.6%
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stock markets in the region again hit by wild fluctuations
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26 August: China's central bank PBOC has cut the one-year lending rate to 4.6%, the one-year deposit rate to 1.75% also lowering the Reserve Requirement Ratio, but cuts fail to calm nerves with Asian markets in volatile mood
2016:
7 January 2016: Asian markets slide to three-month low and currencies falter after China cuts market trading and devalues the yuan
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8 January: People’s Bank of China’s decision to boost the yuan
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11 January: Asia shares fall sharply as doubts mount over Beijing regime's competence in handling economic downturn
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11 February 2016: Hong Kong stocks plunge 4% over global economy concerns sparking a sell-off in financials and energy shares
2017:
30 April 2017: Chinese economy cools as key sectors continue to slow
9 March 2020 stocks, oil prices plunge as Chinese corona virus closes sites and borders around world:
9 March 2020: Stocks, oil prices plunge as Chinese corona virus closes sites around world, and as reports on the health of the economies of Japan and China stirred more unease
16 July 2020 China shares suffer biggest fall since February:
16 July 2020: China shares suffer biggest fall since February, as China’s stocks have slumped 4.8% today
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as UK paid employment falls by almost 650,000 with number of workers on payroll falling 2.2% from March
18 January 2021 China reports strongest growth in two years amid horrible global covid-19 pandemic:
18 January 2021: China reports strongest growth in two years amid its covid-19 recovery, as regime ruled country was expanding at a faster rate than before the 2019 pandemic outbreak at the end of 2020, as countries including Germany are buying Chinese products including electronic equipment and Lenovo computers to tackle pandemic as good as possible, as for instance children as young as six are forced to hold video classes and conferences instead of going to school amid lockdowns and as millions of people are dying globally
Labor relations in the PRC:
Labor relations
in the PRC
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Labor in the PRC
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China Labor Watch
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'Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security' of the PRC responsible for national labor polices, standards, regulations and managing the national social security
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Labour law
of the PRC
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Labour Contract Law of the PRC
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Minimum wage in the PRC - the task of setting minimum wages is delegated to the local governments
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Minimum Wage Ordinance in Hong Kong
2016 low wages, hazardous chemicals, overtime and sentenced labor activists:
27 September 2016: China labor activists sentenced for helping workers in wage dispute
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4 December 2016: The grim truth of Chinese factories producing the west’s Christmas toys, as undercover investigation by China Labor Watch exposes low wages, hazardous chemicals and overtime beyond legal limits
April 2019 unpaid overtime:
15 April 2019: Chinese tech employees are pushing back against the industry’s notoriously long hours, known as the '996' schedule of working from 9am to 9pm, six days a week, as staff at Alibaba, Huawei and other big firms are sharing evidence of unpaid compulsory overtime
Disasters and industrial disasters, explosions in the PRC:
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Disasters in the PRC
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Explosions in China
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List of coal mining accidents in the PRC
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accidents and deaths
1975/2005 Banqiao Reservoir Dam's failures and aftermath:
August 1975 Banqiao Reservoir Dam's failures killed an estimated 171,000 people, 11 million people lost their homes
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1 October 2005: After 30 years, secrets and lessons of China's worst dams burst accident, the 1975 Banqiao Reservoir Dam's failures, surface
2000 Pingxiang steel plant explosion:
2000 Pingxiang steel plant explosion
April 2007 Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster:
18 April 2007 Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster
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19 April 2007: More than 25 tonnes of molten steel engulfed a room where workers were changing shift, killing at least 32
2008 Guangxi chemical plant explosions:
26 August 2008 Guangxi chemical plant explosions
2010 Xingang Port oil spill:
16–26 July 2010 Xingang Port oil spill is a spill that occurred in July 2010 caused by a rupture and subsequent explosion of two crude oil pipelines
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28 July 2010 Nanjing chemical plant explosion
October 2012 dormitory blaze:
10 October 2012: 12 Chinese construction workers killed, 24 hurt in dormitory blaze
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10 October: Five killed in expressway tunnel collapse in south Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region
December 2012 Shantou clothing factory fire:
4 December 2012: Fire in clothing factory in Shantou city in Guangdong province kills 14 people
2013 Caofan explosives factory blast:
20 May 2013: A massive blast ripped through an explosives factory on Monday in Shandong province's Caofan township, killing at least 12 people and leaving others buried in the debris
June 2013 poultry plant fire:
3/4 June 2013: Fire at Chinese poultry plant kills more than 100
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poultry plant representative detained
November 2013 Sinopec's pipeline explosion:
23 November 2013: Oil refiner Sinopec's pipeline explosion kills 47 people
March 2014 Tangshan chemical plant explosion:
7 March 2014: An explosion on Friday at Kailuan Group chemical plant in the city of Tangshan killed one person and left 12 others missing
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13 March 2014: 31 people were killed and nine were missing after two lorries carrying dangerous chemicals collided in a tunnel in Shanxi province, triggering a huge explosion
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11 May 2014: A factory wall collapsed in heavy rain in Qingdao, Shandong province, killing 18 people working inside
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2 August 2014 Kunshan explosion
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2 August 2014: Blast at facility near Shanghai producing car parts for USA firms happened as workers changed shifts and left 69 dead
August 2015 Tianjin explosion:
12 August 2015 Tianjin explosion
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13 August 2015: At least 44 people killed, including 12 firefighters, and some 520 people injured as two huge blasts rock the Chinese port city of Tianjin, a major base for petrochemicals, refining and other industries
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14 August: After the devastating Tianjin explosions on Wednesday, thousands seek refuge as death toll reaches 55 and as fires continue to burn on Friday morning
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14 August: Questions even in Chinese media rise about why people were allowed to live so close to dangerous industrial zones, as regime orders nationwide checks on dangerous chemicals
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15 August: Highly poisonous sodium cyanide is found at port of Tianjin, as official death toll climbs to 85, according to local media
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16 August: Hundreds of tons of highly poisonous cyanide stored at the warehouse devastated by two giant explosions in Tianjin which killed 112, Chinese military admits in first official comment, as nearly 100 people remain missing, including 85 firefighters
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17 August: Fears over cyanide pollution in Tianjin as Chinese media lambasts officials and as protests broke out over the weekend with displaced families and relatives of missing firefighters taking to the streets to demand answers
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18 August: Company at centre of last week’s Tianjin explosions worked with hazardous materials despite lacking a licence until weeks before blasts, state-run news agency says
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21 August: Chinese authorities investigate mass fish death near Tianjin explosion site
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27 August 2015: Chinese authorities detain 12 over Tianjin blasts that killed 139 people and accuse 11 officials and port executives of suspected dereliction of duty or abuse of power
August 2015 Shandong chemical plant explosion:
23 August 2015: An explosion at a chemical plant near the city of Zibo in the eastern Chinese province of Shangdong has killed one person and injured nine, with 150 firefighters battling the resulting blaze
September 2015 Lishui chemical plant explosion:
7 September 2015: An explosion shook a chemical plant in Lishui city in the province of Zhejiang
December 2015 Shenzhen landslide disaster:
20 December 2015 Shenzhen landslide destroying 33 buildings
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21 December 2015: The number of people missing in southern China's Shenzhen doubled to 91, after a huge mound of construction waste collapsed and buried 33 buildings in China’s latest industrial disaster
January 2016:
1 January 2016: 11 people arrested in China over 'man-made' Shenzhen landslide disaster
April 2016 Jingjiang chemical warehouse explosion:
22 avril 2016: Une explosion s'est produite vendredi dans un entrepôt de produits chimiques dans la ville de Jingjiang
November 2016 power plant tower collapse:
24 November 2016: At least 40 workers were killed and an unknown number of workers remain trapped after a platform in an unfinished power plant cooling tower collapsed in the eastern province of Jiangxi
November 2017 factory explosion:
26 November 2017: A factory explosion in a port city south of Shanghai on Sunday reportedly killed at least two people and injured at least 30 others as it knocked down buildings and left streets littered with damaged cars and debris
November 2018 Zhangjiakou chemical plant's loading dock explosion:
28 November 2018: An explosion at a chemical plant's loading dock operated by the Hebei Shenghua Chemical Industry Co. Ltd. in the city of Zhangjiakou in northeastern China has killed at least 22 people, destroyed scores of vehicles and injured another 22 people
March 2019 Yancheng pesticide plant explosion:
22 March 2019: An explosion at a pesticide plant in Yancheng in Jiangsu province, north of Shanghai, reportedly killed at least 47 people and injured more than 600, the latest in a series of industrial accidents that has sparked widespread public anger
19 July 2019 Sanmenxia explosion:
19 juillet 2019: Une énorme explosion a frappé une usine de gazéification dans le centre de la Chine, ont annoncé plusieurs médias d'Etat, qui font pour l'instant état de deux morts, de douze disparus et de 18 personnes grièvement blessées dans l'explosion, aussi brisant des vitres dans un rayon de trois kilomètres
30 September 2019 factory fire in eastern China:
30 September 2019: 19 people have died in a factory fire in eastern China just ahead of countrywide National Day celebrations, a day after 36 people were killed when a bus collided with a truck on an expressway in eastern China and 36 other people were injured
5 December 2020 18 miners killed in underground gas leak in Chongqing:
5 December 2020: 18 miners have been confirmed dead after a carbon monoxide leak at the Diaoshuidong mine in the city of Chongqing in southwestern China, state media reported, with rescue efforts under way to reach five others still trapped underground, after in 2013 an earlier accident at the mine claimed the lives of three people, and after in 2018 seven miners died after a skip plummeted down a mine shaft in Chongqing
Slavery in China:
Slavery in China
2007:
2007 Chinese slave scandal was a series of forced labour cases in Shanxi
2013:
17/18 October 2013: 2.9 million trapped in modern-day slavery in China, 30 million worldwide, Global Slavery Index reveals
Rural society, urbanization and social issues in the PR of China:
Rural society
in the PRC
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Urbanization in the PRC
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Social issues in the PRC
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11 September 2013: China billionaires pass 300 as richest get richer
Poverty in the PR of China:
Poverty in the PRC
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18 January 2013: China's National Bureau of Statistics breaks long silence on inequality statistic
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8 February 2013: In wealthy Hong Kong, the poorest live in metal cages
Housing in China:
Housing in China
2009:
29 June 2009: Chinese authorities are holding nine people in connection with the collapse of a 13-storey block of flats, raising fresh questions about corruption and shoddy practices in China's construction industry
2014/2015:
4 April 2014: A woman killed while six others rescued when a residential building collapsed in Zhejiang province's Fenghua city after the building was identified as dangerous last year
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31 October 2015: A two-storey building has collapsed while workers were trying to prop up the second floor during renovations in Beiwudu in Henan province, killing at least 17 construction workers and injuring 23
2016:
11 October 2016: Row of houses collapses in eastern China, killing at least 22 citizens
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as a three-year-old girl protected by the embrace of her dead father was the alleged last survivor pulled out of the rubble of collapsed multi-storey buildings
The rich and luxuries in the PR of China:
Chinese billionaires
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List of Chinese billionaires by net worth
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9 October 2012: China is set to become the world's second biggest market for luxury goods after the United States in five years, overtaking France, Britain, Italy and Japan
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28 February 2013: Asia has more billionaires than any other continent, followed by North America and Europe
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11 September 2013: China billionaires pass 300 as richest get richer
Chinese offshore accounts:
21. Januar 2014: Rechercheergebnisse des ICIJ zu mehr als 21.000 Offshore-Firmen von Kunden aus China
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26. Januar 2014: Offshore-Leaks, reiche Chinesen und ihre Tricks
2016:
6 April 2016: Some members of China’s Communist party elite whose family members used offshore companies are revealed in the
so-called 'Panama
Papers'
Military of the PR of China:
Military of the PR of China
- 'People's Liberation Army'
Military history of China:
Military history of China
, as the recorded military history of China extends from about 2200 BC to the present day, and as this history can be divided into the military history of China before
1911
, when a revolution overthrew the imperial state, and the period of the
Republic of China Army
and the
People's Liberation Army
Since 2200 BC military history of China before 1911 and 'The Art of War':
Military history of China before 1911, as recorded military history of China started from about 2200 BC, and as, although traditional Chinese Confucian philosophy favored peaceful political solutions and showed contempt for brute military force, the military was influential in most Chinese states, pioneering the use of crossbows, advancing metallurgical standardization for arms and armor, early gunpowder weapons, and other advanced weapons, also adopting nomadic cavalry and 'western' military technology, and as China's armies also benefited from an advanced logistics system as well as a rich strategic tradition, beginning with Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War'
Timeline of the gunpowder age and gunpowder weapons since 2nd century:
Timeline of the gunpowder age
, beginning with Taoist experminents since second century developping the re-gunpowder formula
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Taoism, going back at least to the 4th century BCE
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History of gunpowder
10th century gunpowder in Chinese warfare and an assortment of gunpowder weapons in Yang Wu:
10th century gunpowder is utilized in Chinese warfare and an assortment of gunpowder weapons appear in Yang Wu, one of the Ten Kingdoms in eastern China which was in existence from 907 to 937, and as fire arrows were one of the earliest forms of weaponized gunpowder used from the 9th century onward, and the predecessors of
fire lances, the first firearm and a gunpowder weapon that appeared in 10-12th century China and was used to great effect during the
1125-1234 Jin-Song Wars between the Jurchen Jin dynasty, Han Chinese Song dynasty, the Khitan Liao dynasty and the Liao dynasty
Gunpowder bombs appear in the early 11th century:
Gunpowder bombs appear in the early 11th century, as gunpowder becomes more common in the Song dynasty and production of gunpowder weapons is systematized, and as the Song court restricts trade of gunpowder ingredients with the Liao and Western Xia dynasties
12th century gunpowder weapons are applied to naval warfare:
12th century gunpowder weapons are applied to naval warfare as Song warships are outfitted with trebuchets and supplies of gunpowder bombs and earliest extant depiction of a cannon appears among the Dazu Rock Carvings
13th century Western Asia and Europe acquire knowledge of gunpowder, suicide bombing in China:
13th century Western Asia (the 'Middle East') acquires knowledge of gunpowder since 1240, in 1277 a suicide bombing occurs in China when Song garrisons set off a large bomb, killing themselves, in 1280 Europe acquires the gunpowder formula
Military equipment of the PRC:
Military equipment
of the PRC
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Army Ground Force military equipment
2011/2012 new weapons:
24 August 2011: China's missile advances aimed at thwarting USA defenses, analysts say
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25 November 2012: China lands J-15 jet on Liaoning aircraft carrier
2013/2014 more new weapons:
28 January 2013: Military carries out anti-missile test
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25 March 2013: China to buy two dozen fighter jets and four submarines from Russia
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22 November 2013: China tests first stealth combat drone
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19 January 2014: China is building its second aircraft carrier and the country aims to have at least four such ships
2017 China's home-built aircraft carrier:
26 April 2017: China launches its first home-built aircraft carrier
June 2019 rocket from mobile platform:
5 June 2019: Chinese regime launches rocket from Yellow Sea platform for first time, making China the third country after USA and Russia to master sea launch technology
18 August 2020 amid threats against Taiwan Beijing regime unveils 'Sky Thunder' weapons system:
18 August 2020: Amid growing tensions with Taiwan, Beijing regime unveils 'Sky Thunder' weapons system, a 500kg precision-guided munitions dispenser and air-to surface missile, as 'Tianlei' can carry six types of submunitions and attack different targets, a senior engineer said in a report
Military personnel of the PR of China:
Military personnel
of the PR of China
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List of officers of the People's Liberation Army
4 June 2014 regime's troops laughed as they shot randomly at pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square 1989:
4 June 2014: Regime's troops laughed as they shot randomly at pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square 1989, documents show
List of Chinese military accidents since 1980s:
List of Chinese
military accidents
since 1980s
PR of China and weapons of mass destruction:
People's Republic of China
PRC's weapons of mass destruction
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Nuclear weapons
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Nuclear missiles of the People's Republic of China
Military budget of the PRC:
Military budget
of the PRC
2012/2013 China and Russia strongly increase military budget:
17. April 2012: China und Rußland erhöhen ihre Militärausgaben auch 2011 kräftig
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4. März 2012: China plant für 2012 die Aufstockung seines Militäretats um 11,2 Prozent auf 672 Milliarden Yuan
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5 March 2013: China hiked its military budget by a whopping 10.7% to $115.7 billion
2014/2015 Beijing regime's increase of military budget by 12.2%:
5 March 2014: China to increase the military budget by 12.2% this year to $131.57 billion, seeking to develop more high-tech weapons and to beef up coastal and air defenses
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4 March 2015: China's military budget this year will rise about 10 percent compared with 2014 as the country ramps up investment in high-tech equipment such as submarines and stealth jets
2016 China to increase military spending by 7-8%:
4 March 2016: China to increase military spending by 7-8% in 2016 to around $150bn a year
2018 military budget increases by 8.1% in 2018:
5 March 2018: Chinese regime will raise its military budget by 8.1% in 2018, according to a budget report to be submitted to the national legislature, up from last year's 7%
Financial system, taxation and budget in China:
Chinese financial system
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Taxation in China
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State Administration of
Taxation
June 2011 Chinese local governments massive debts revealed:
27 June 2011: Chinese local governments massive debts revealed
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31 December 2013: China's local governments debt stirs alarm
2013 budgets:
19 March 2013: Report on China's central, local budgets 2012/2013
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3 May 2013: China's 2013 draft budget report
Politics of the PRC:
Politics of the PRC
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Constitution of the People's Republic of China adopted by the 5th National People's Congress in December 1982, with further revisions in 1988, 1993, 1999, and 2004
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Constitutional history of the People's Republic of China
Communist Party of China:
Communist Party of China (CPC)
November 2012:
November 2012 18th national congress of the CPC
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8 November 2012: Knowing the challenges China's communist party will get some new leaders but answers again that one single almighty party will maintain firm political control
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14 November 2012: CPC party congress behind closed doors closes
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15 November 2012: After being appointed head of the party
Xi Jinping repeats
that 'the party faces many severe challenges'
2012/2013:
12th National People's Congress elections from October 2012 to February 2013
November 2013:
10 November 2013: Communist Party begins talks on economic reform
October 2017:
October 2017 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China
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25 October 2017: Protest and the 'Foreign Correspondents Club of China' concerned after Western media 'troublemakers' barred from Xi Jinping speech and refused access to unveiling of new politburo, as Chinese regime has trumpeted this week’s pomp-filled Communist party congress as an example of its increasing openness and transparency
March 2018:
2 mars 2018: Selon le magazine chinois Hunrun, il y aurait 102 milliardaires en dollars parmi les parlementaires du pays
March 2019:
4 March 2019: Beijing locked down for China's greatest political spectacle, the meeting of legislative delegates and political advisers, as activists rounded up, dissent stifled and Xi Jinping faces public scrutiny over trade, Xinjiang and Huawei
January 2020 a man who died in the street shows Beijing regime's coronavirus crisis:
31 January 2020: An image of a man who died in the street captures Beijing regime's coronavirus crisis
28 December 2020 Beijing regime jails citizen-journalist for four years over Wuhan covid-19 outbreak report:
28 December 2020: Chinese Beijing regime jails citizen-journalist for four years over Wuhan covid-19 reporting, after Zhang Zhan, the first such person known to have been tried, was among a handful of people whose firsthand accounts painted a credible but dire picture of the pandemic epicenter, on grounds of 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble', her lawyer said, as the whole world suffers badly one year after the regime persecuted and imprisoned scientists and whisterblowers
Government of the PRC:
Government of the PRC
2012-2013:
1 October 2012: China marks National Day amid tensions
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26 October 2012: Billions in hidden riches for family of Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao
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26 October: China blocks New York Times website over Wen Jiabao report
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5 November: Communist Party has launched an inquiry into the alleged wealth of Premier Wen Jiabao's family at his own request
March 2013:
15 March 2013: Li Keqiang named as China's prime minister
May 2014 armed police patrols:
12 May 2014: Government launches armed police patrols on Monday to handle violent incidents in Beijing, three weeks ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown
December 2014 faster development of 'advanced' weaponry:
5 December 2014: Xi Jinping urges faster development of China’s advanced weaponry calling for escalation of army modernisation plans amid regional tensions in East Sea and South China Sea
September 2015:
3 September 2015: Marking the end of World War II China shows military might even as Xi Jinping pledges 300,000 cut in army
November 2016 barring two pro-democracy parliamentarians from office in Hong Kong:
7 November 2016: Chinese Beijing regime makes landmark ruling on future of former British colony and Special Administrative Region Hong Kong, barring two pro-democracy parliamentarians from office
February 2018 scrapping two-term presidential limit:
26 February 2018: Experts and activists react to 'bombshell’ decision to scrap two-term presidential limit that was designed to guard against Mao-style personality cult in China
March 2018 $175 billion militry budget:
8 March 2018: China has announced an 8.1% increase in its military budget for 2018, amounting to $175 billion
March 2019 military budget jumps 7.5%:
5 March 2019: China’s military budget will jump 7.5% this year, as Beijing regime grapples with ongoing territorial disputes and seeks to create a 'world-class' military
May 2019 raising air pollution in northern China:
17 May 2019: Environment ministry says that air pollution in major regions of northern China increased during the first four months of 2019, raising fears that regions have eased curbs on industry to halt the smog amid concerns about a slowing economy
20 November 2019 Hong Kong citizen Simon Cheng says he was tortured:
20 November 2019: Former employee of the British consulate and Hong Kong citizen Simon Cheng has alleged he was tortured while being detained in China during a 15-day ordeal in which he said he was accused of being a British spy and secret agent and held in solitary confinement
18 December 2019 Chinese regime cuts 'freedom of thought' from top university charters:
18 December 2019: Chinese regime cuts 'freedom of thought' from top university charters, as inclusion of pledge to follow Communist party leadership sparks rare defiance at Fudan University in Shanghai, considered one of China’s more liberal institutions
29/30 January 2020 WHO says whole world must be ready to deal with Wuhan coronavirus:
29 January 2020: Whole world must be ready to deal with coronavirus, says WHO, now urging countries to be on alert
facing 2019–2020 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak
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as number of confirmed cases passes 7,000, as countries struggle to evacuate citizens
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according to the British 'Guardian'
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2019–2020 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak by country and territory
2 February 2020 increasing number of countries imposed extraordinary Chinese travel bans:
2 February 2020: An increasing number of countries imposed extraordinary Chinese travel bans to combat the spread of the disease, as the death toll from China’s coronavirus epidemic soared to 304 on Sunday
11 February 2020 China’s death toll from coronavirus epidemic tops 1,000 as Xi Jinping shows himself in health center:
11 February 2020: China’s death toll from coronavirus epidemic tops 1,000 after first day of over 100 dead, as regime's Xi Jinping visits a health center to rally public morale, amid little sign the contagion is abating, and amid questioning of the regime’s handling of the crisis and anger over the death of a young doctor from the virus who had earlier been threatened along with seven others by regime's police for warning online of the potential for a major outbreak as early as December
16 February 2020 regime's Xi aware of potential danger of coronavirus weeks before sounding alarm:
16 February 2020: Beijing regime's Xi aware of potential danger of coronavirus weeks before sounding alarm
23 February 2020 Beijing regime urges citizens to return to work:
23 February 2020: Beijing regime urges citizens to return to work as coronavirus hits economy, and as regime is caught between urgent need to restart economy, efforts to contain virus and its worldwide spread
24 February 2020 Beijing regime postpones National People's Congress amid worldwide fears:
24 February 2020: Beijing regime postpones National People's Congress, as cases outside China jump
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and countries battle to protect and treat citizens
11 April 2020 regime is cracking down on academic research about covid-19:
11 April 2020: Chinese regime is cracking down on publication of academic research about the origins of the novel coronavirus and covid-19, in what is likely to be part of a wider attempt to control the narrative surrounding the pandemic, according to documents published online by Chinese universities
20 April 2020 Wuhan residents want regime's explanation about its handling of covid-19:
20 April 2020: Wuhan residents are looking for an explanation from the government about its handling of covid-19 outbreak, after officials in January said it was not contagious and took weeks to notify the public of the threat from a virus that went on to claim the lives of thousands in China and then hundreds of thousands
of confirmed cases and deaths worldwide, sending billions of people into lockdown as health services struggle to cope
22 April 2020 China's improved air and water quality will not last:
22 April 2020: Air and water quality in China and elsewhere have improved dramatically after covid-19 lockdowns cut traffic and forced polluting factories to close, but on the 50th annual Earth Day, an event intended to show support for protecting the environment and citizens, residents in China's most pollution-prone cities say they are worried the blue skies will not last
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22 April 2020: As the world marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, calls are growing for governments to treat the shock of covid-19, originating in Wuhan, with 'green recovery' packages to spur a shift to a low-carbon future
23 April 2020 China covid-19 cases may have been four times official figure:
23 April 2020: China covid-19 cases may have been four times official figure, according to Hong Kong study, coming amid call for inquiry into outbreak’s origin and as China’s ambassador to the USA calls for 'a serious rethink of the foundations' of the two countries’ relationship
26 April 2020 Beijing regime now uses the distraction of covid-19 to advance regional interests:
26 April 2020: Chinese regime, after causing the spread of covid-19 over the world, now uses the distraction of the pandemic to advance regional interests with provocative actions, including expansions in the South China Sea, crackdowns on activists in Hong Kong and further detention of activists in the mainland
22 May 2020 Beijing regime presents security laws threatening Hong Kong:
22 May 2020: Beijing regime presents security laws banning subversion and separatism, as details of sweeping law reveal it plans to impose on Hong Kong, overriding territory’s constitution and prompting threat of USA retaliation
24 May 2020 Beijing to impose Hong Kong 'security laws' without delay:
24 May 2020: Beijing regime to impose Hong Kong 'security laws' without delay, saying it will rush through anti-sedition law as police fire teargas at protesters in the 'special administrative region', legally maintaining separate governing and economic systems
26 May 2020 Beijing regime threatens Hong Kong:
26 May 2020: Amid covid-19 pandemic, spreading across the world since 2019 with the first deaths outside Asia in France, China’s military is ready to 'safeguard' regime's alleged sovereignty in Hong Kong
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the commander of the city-based garrison has said, amid growing anger at Beijing’s plans to bypass Hong Kong’s legislature and impose Beijing's laws in the city, a threat coming as protesters prepared for further demonstrations on Wednesday when the legislature starts debate on a controversial bill to criminalise ridicule of the Chinese national anthem
28 May 2020 regime okays law endangering Hong Kong’s autonomy:
28 May 2020: Beijing regime endorsed plans Thursday to impose a national security law on Hong Kong that critics say will destroy the city’s autonomy
29 May 2020 Beijing regime faces rising international pressure:
29 mai 2020: La pression internationale monte sur Pékin en raison de sa volonté d'imposer une loi sur la 'sécurité' nationale à Hong Kong
25 June 2020 facing Beijing's threats Hong Kong protesters flee to Taiwan:
25 June 2020: Hong Kong protesters flee to Taiwan to continue China resistance
30 June 2020 Beijing regime passes controversial security law endangering Hong Kong’s autonomy:
30 June 2020: China passes controversial security law endangering Hong Kong’s autonomy, as Beijing’s plan to let mainland authorities operate openly in region, bypassing local government, unanimously approved in major anti-freedom step
1 July 2020 police use water cannon, pepper spray against Hong Kong pro-democracy protests:
1 July 2020: Hong Kong police use water cannon, pepper spray against pro-democracy protests and arrest more than 180 on first day of 'security' law
30 July 2020 outcry in Hong Kong as 4 student activists arrested:
30 July 2020: Outcry in Hong Kong as 4 student activists arrested under new security law, the first political activists to be held since pro-Beijing legislation was imposed by the always more aggressive northern one-party state pretending to be China, ruling with police and military
18 August 2020 China's Xi Jinping facing widespread opposition in his own party, insider claims:
18 August 2020: Former professor at China’s Central Party School has issued an unprecedented rebuke of the Chinese leader Xi Jinping, accusing him of 'killing a country', saying president’s 'unchecked power’ has made China ‘the enemy of the world’, and claiming that many more want out of the ruling Chinese Communist party
18 September 2020 clues to scale of Beijing regime's Xinjiang labour operation emerge:
18 September 2020: Clues to scale of Xinjiang labour operation emerge, as Beijing regime's 'white paper' says an average of 1.29 million workers a year have gone through ‘vocational training’ between 2014 and 2019, trying to defended its system of internment camps for Uighur and other ethnic minorities, also revealing some details of the breadth of its program
24 September 2020 'disappeared' citizen journalist Chen Qiushi detained by Chinese authorities since February:
24 September 2020: Chinese citizen journalist Chen Qiushi, who reported on Chinese response to covid-19, and who disappeared in February while reporting on China’s early response to the pandemic in Wuhan, has been found, a friend has reported, revealing the young man had been detained by Chinese authorities
30 September 2020 families of detained Hong Kong activists left in the dark:
30 September 2020: The family of Hong Kong democracy activist Andy Li detained in China after allegedly attempting to flee to Taiwan by speedboat say they have had no communication from him and are relying on a piece of paper from Chinese authorities as confirmation of his whereabouts
20 November 2020 Beijing regime rejects criticism by the 'Five Eyes alliance' of its Hong Kong policy:
20 November 2020: China's Beijing regime has rejected criticism by the 'Five Eyes alliance' of its Hong Kong policy, saying it 'should face up to the reality', following a statement on Hong Kong issued by the USA, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, which together make up an intelligence partnership known as the 'Five Eyes'
26 January 2021 Wuhan doctor says Chinese authorities stopped me sounding alarm on covid in early January 2020:
26 January 2021: A doctor from the Wuhan hospital hit hardest by the covid-19 epidemic has said he and colleagues suspected the virus was highly transmissible in early January last year, weeks before Chinese authorities admitted it, but were prevented from warning anyone
Crackdown on dissidents and activists in the PRC:
Detained and jailed activists
, people
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and dissidents since 1989
2010/2011:
Friedensnobelpreis 2010 an Liu Xiaobo
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2011 crackdown on dissidents in the PRC
June-December 2011:
22. Juni 2011: Ai Weiwei gegen Kaution freigelassen
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Ai Weiwei
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29. Dezember 2011: Dritter Prozeß gegen Anwältin Ni Yulan - die Geschichte einer staatlichen Zerstörung von Menschen
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Ni Yulan
April 2012:
10 avril 2012: L'ex-avocate chinoise pour les droits de l'homme Ni Yulan a été condamnée à Pékin mardi à deux ans et huit mois de prison pour troubles à 'l'ordre public' - son époux écope de deux ans de prison
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27 April: Following his dramatic escape from house arrest Chen Guangcheng - who is blind - in US embassy
May 2012:
2 May: Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he gave up his refuge in the USA embassy in Beijing after Chinese authorities made threats to family members
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3 mai: Chen souhaite désormais quitter la Chine 'où il ne se sent pas en sécurité'
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26. Mai: Chen Guangfu, der Bruder des in die USA ausgereisten Chen Guangcheng, ist seinem Anwalt zufolge spurlos verschwunden
June/July 2012:
7 June: Chinese dissident Li Wangyang, imprisoned after 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, found hanged in hospital
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20 July: China's Ai Weiwei loses appeal against tax fine
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23. Juli 2012: Menschenrechtsaktivist Xiao Yongin China zu 18 Monaten Arbeitslager als polizeiliche Strafe ohne Prozeß verurteilt wegen geäußerter Zweifel, dass der mit ihm befreundete Dissident Li Wangyang Selbstmord begangen habe
November 2012:
19 November: At least two activists died in custody before or during China's Communist Party congress and tens of thousands had their movements restricted, rights groups say
December 2012:
28 December: Further hardening its cyberlaws, China's measures allow the government to delete and censor posts it deems 'illegal'
June 2013:
9 June 2013: A Chinese court sentenced the brother-in-law of jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison
October 2013:
28 October 2013: Three Chinese anti-corruption activists were due to face trial Monday on charges of 'illegal assembly', in a case seen as a sign of an official clampdown on citizens' demands for reforms
January-March 2014:
17 January: Anti-corruption activist Xu Zhiyong, who has called on officials to reveal their wealth, faces charges he broke the law by organising protests
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26 January: China jails rights activist Xu Zhiyong for four years
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24 March: Court gives 18-month prison term to Gu Yimin over plan to mark 1989 Beijing crackdown
April 2014:
15 April: Four Chinese rights lawyers, who were investigating detention centre in Jiansanjiang, allege torture by police
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17 April: A Chinese court jailed blogger Qin Zhihui for three years in a government-led crackdown on so-called Internet rumours
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23 April: China cancels over 14,400 press cards for journalists
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30 April 2014: Chinese activist Xu Wanping, a former factory worker and member of the Chinese Democracy Party, who has spent nearly half his life in detention has been freed after another nine years from prison in Chongqing
May 2014:
8 May: After reports that Pu Zhiqiang and other activists were detained over a meeting to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in June, USA urges China to fee activists
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13 May: China has jailed scores of lawyers, activists and intellectuals weeks before the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre
June 2014:
6 June: Chinese-born Australian artist Guo Jian, a protester in the 1989 pro-democracy movement, detained in Beijing ahead of the 25th anniversary of the military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests will be deported after 15 days in custody
October 2014:
1 October: Authorities detained more than a dozen activists across China and questioned as many as 60 others who expressed support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests in recent days, rights group says
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8 October: Chinese police detained a well-known poet and seven other people ahead of a poetry reading planned in Beijing to support pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong
2015:
17 April 2015: Chinese journalist Gao Yu's jailed for 'leaking state secrets', unveiling regime's targeting of support for democratic principles, media independence, and civil society
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13 July: China targets lawyers in new human rights crackdown, as more than 100 legal professionals and activists are questioned or detained
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21 July: At least six people missing after clampdown on human rights lawyers in China
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16 December 2015: UK protests to China over heavy police tactics at trial of Pu Zhiqiang after diplomats and journalists forced away from Beijing courthouse
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22 diciembre: La Justicia china condena al abogado Pu Zhiqiang a tres años de prisión por sus comentarios contra el régimen en Internet, pero suspende la ejecución de la pena
2016:
28 June 2016: Chinese activist Chen Yunfei has been ordered to stand trial
for visiting the grave of young photographer Wu Guofeng killed in the 1989 Tiananmen massacre
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2 August 2016: Chinese court finds human rights activist Zhai Yanmin guilty of 'subversion'
2017:
8 May 2017: China puts leading human rights lawyer Xie Yang on trial for 'inciting subversion', after his lawyers earlier this year released an explosive account of the torture sessions they claimed their client had suffered during his time in custody
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31 May 2017: An activist investigating working conditions at a supplier for Ivanka Trump’s brand in China has been detained and two other activists missing since Sunday, New York-based 'China Labor Watch' NGO says, putting another spotlight on Chinese business activities linked to the USA presidential family
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13/14 July 2017: Liu Xiaobo, who championed non-violent resistance as a way of overcoming 'forceful tyranny', and who had been serving an 11-year jail sentence for demanding an end to one-party rule, dies at 61 in custody of liver cancer, after spending almost a quarter of his life behind bars, making him the second Nobel peace prize winner who died in custody after German pacifist Carl von Ossietzky, the 1935 recipient, died under Nazi surveillance
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as Human Rights activists pour scorn on Donald Trump for showering China’s president Xi Jinping with praise, invited by France's Macron to attend Bastille Day celebration and military parade
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14 July 2017: The international community must honour the dying wish of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo by taking immediate steps to protect his wife, the poet Liu Xia, who has endured years of government persecution, friends and supporters say
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20 October 2017: UN demands that China should immediately release prominent human rights activists from detention and pay them compensation, according to an unreleased document
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26 décembre 2017: Pour avoir dénoncé le gouvernement chinois sur internet, Wu Gan a écopé de huit ans d'emprisonnement par un tribunal de la ville de Tianjin
2018:
19 January 2018: Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng picked up by police near his Beijing home in a move campaigners denounced as the latest bid to silence detractors of its one-party state
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10 juillet 2018: La veuve du dissident chinois Liu Xiaobo, la poétesse Liu Xia, qui n'était plus libre de ses mouvements depuis que son mari avait obtenu le prix Nobel de la paix en 2010, a quitté la Chine
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11 July 2018: Democracy activist Qin Yongmin has been found guilty of state subversion and sentenced to 13 years in prison, in proceedings described by activists as little more than a show trial
December 2018:
20 December 2018: Pu Wenqing, who has spent most for the last two years of her time writing articles about her son, Huang Qi, a long-time dissident who has been in prison for more than two years awaiting trial, seized by police, has disappeared and is likely under house arrest or in a black jail, according to friends and human rights advocates
January 2019:
28 January 2019: China sentences human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, who defended activists, victims of land seizures, and members of Falun Gong, to four and a half years in prison
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after his wife was barred from trial and blocked by police officers from leaving her apartment complex in Beijing
June 2019:
28 June 2019: The wife of the jailed Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang has described her husband as a 'totally changed man' after she and her son were allowed to see him for the first time since he disappeared nearly four years ago and was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison in January for 'subverting state power' after a closed-door trial
January 2020 Wuhan coronavirus whistleblower Li Wenliang admonished by police:
3 January 2020: Li Wenliang, a Chinese ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital and a whistleblower who warned about the 2019–2020 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak on 30 December 2019, was summoned and admonished by Wuhan police for 'making false comments on the Internet', and later died from the infection
February 2020 professor Zhangrun and physician Yanyong, who publicized coverup of SARS 2002/2003, 'placed under de facto house arrest':
February 2020: Chinese physician Jiang Yanyong, who publicized a coverup of the severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS epidemic since 2002 in China, reportedly 'been placed under de facto house arrest since last year' after he wrote to Chinese Communist Party general secretary calling the Tiananmen Square Massacre a crime
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16 February 2020: Chinese professor Xu Zhangrun, who published a rare public critique of president Xi Jinping over China’s coronavirus crisis, was placed under house arrest for days, barred from social media and is now cut off from the internet, his friends have told the Guardian
20 March 2020 three months too late regime issues a 'solemn apology' to Li Wenliang's family:
20 March 2020: Beijing regime has exonerated doctor Li Wenliang who was officially reprimanded for warning about the coronavirus outbreak and later died of the disease, a startling admission of error by the regime, also saying a 'solemn apology' had been issued to Li's family and that two police officers, identified only by their surnames (!), had been issued 'disciplinary punishments' for the original handling of the matter
5 April 2020 Wang Quanzhang barred from reuniting with his wife and son in Beijing:
5 April 2020: Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, who was jailed for four and a half years for subversion, released from prison but barred from reuniting with his wife and son in Beijing, as Li Wenzu fears that the authorities are using the pandemic as an excuse to hold him under de facto house arrest indefinitely
8 April 2020 critic Ren Zhiqiang is being investigated for 'serious violations of discipline and the law':
8 April 2020: Retired property executive Ren Zhiqiang, who went missing last month after writing an essay criticising the CCP’s handling of the outbreak, is being investigated for 'serious violations of discipline and the law'
19 April 2020 regime 'bars lawyer from going home':
19 April 2020: China 'bars lawyer from going home' after prison release, as Wang Quanzhang’s wife fears covid-19 may be used as pretext to keep him under house arrest
1 May 2020 journalist sentenced for 15 years in prison:
1 mai 2020: Un journaliste chinois, qui selon la justice avait notamment 'dénigré' le Parti communiste au pouvoir ainsi que le gouvernement, a été condamné à une lourde sentence de 15 ans de prison
Social movements, protests and repression in China:
Protests in the PRC
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Political repression in China
Tiananmen Square protests 1989 and aftermath:
Tiananmen Square protests 1989
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4 June 2013: Chinese police blocked the gate of a cemetery housing victims of the Tiananmen crackdown on its 24th anniversary
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4 June 2013: Hong Kong to mark Tiananmen anniversary with huge vigil
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3 June 2014: How Tiananmen lives on, 25 years after the bloody crackdown
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4 June: Stepped-up government security and censorship in China the only official signs of the 4 June 1989 Tiananmen crackdown
Hong Kong 1 July marches since 1997:
Hong Kong 1 July marches since 1997
2010 Chinese labour unrest:
2010 Chinese labour unrest
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Trade unions in China
2010 Macau labour protest:
2010 Macau labour protest
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2010 Macau transfer of sovereignty anniversary protest, about universal suffrage, housing prices etc.
2011-2014 Chinese protests:
2011 Chinese protests
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2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests
Timeline since June/July 2011:
5. Juni 2011: Großdemonstration in Hongkong zum 4. Juni
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Hong Kong 1 July march 2011
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Mass protest against Hong Kong government and growing rich-poor divide (1 July march 2011)
August 2011:
17. August 2011: Gut organisierte Protestbewegung erreicht Produktionsstopp des gefährlichen Chemiewerks in Hafenstadt Dalian
November/December 2011:
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19. November 2011: Mehr als 7000 Streikende in chinesischer Schuhfabrik in Dongguan, die u.a. Schuhe für
'Adidas'
und
'Nike'
mit Hungerlöhnen herstellt
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24 novembre: Grève chez un fournisseur d'Apple et d'IBM en Chine
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23. Dezember 2011: Bürgerproteste in Südchina eskalieren - tödliche Gewalt gegen Demonstranten in der Provinz Guangdong
March 2012:
Protests of Wukan 2011/2012
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3 March 2012: China protest village Wukan holds council elections
July 2012:
2 July: Protests in Hong Kong amid swearing-in of Chief Executive
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1 July 2012 – 3 July 2012 Shifang protest
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3 July: Chinese officials have halted the construction of a copper alloy plant in Shifang city, Sichuan province, following protests by local residents
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28 July 2012: Qidong protests ended after the government promised to suspend a proposed waste water pipeline project
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23 July: Nearly nine million users of China's popular microblog express outrage at government after Beijing floods leave 37 people dead
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26. Juli 2012: China hat zum ersten Mal Demonstranten in Hongkong bestraft, die in der Sonderverwaltungszone gegen die chinesische Führung protestiert hatten - 1x Protestieren = 14 Monate Arbeitslager
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28 July: A local government in eastern China drops plans for a water-discharge project after thousands of residents protested and clashed with police over pollution concerns
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30 July: Hong Kong protests China 'patriotism' classes
September 2012:
1. September 2012: Tausende demonstrieren in Hongkong gegen 'patriotisches Schulfach'
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3/4 September: More protests of thousands over Hong Kong 'national education' row
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4 September: Hong Kong students and teachers protested on Tuesday for a sixth straight day against plans to introduce Chinese patriotism classes
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8 September: After weeks of protests Hong Kong backs down over Chinese patriotism classes
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24 September: Foxconn halts production at plant after mass brawl - violence from security guards reported
October 2012:
27 October 2012: More than 1.000 people concerned about pollution in the eastern Chinese port city of Ningbo have demonstrated against plans to expand a petrochemical plant
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28 October: Authorities in Ningbo city relent and agree not to expand local petrochemical plant
after a week of street protests
January 2013:
1 January: Tens of thousands of protesters have marched on Hong Kong streets, demanding greater democracy and the resignation of the city's embattled leader
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4 January: Journalists at major Chinese newspaper 'Southern Weekly' have called for a propaganda chief to resign, in a rare protest against censorship
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7 January 2013: Journalists at major Chinese newspaper 'Southern Weekly' have gone on strike in a rare protest against censorship in the Guangdong province
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10 January: 'Southern Weekly', at the centre of anti-censorship protests, appeared on newsstands in Beijing and Shanghai on Thursday as usual, but not its home city Guangzhou
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20 January: Dejected over his failure to obtain overdue wages, a man killed himself by triggering explosives attached to his body in China's Guangzhou province
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23 January: Hundreds of factory workers at Shanghai Shinmei Electric Company angry over two-minute bathroom breaks and fines for starting work late held their Japanese and Chinese managers hostage for a day and a half before police broke up the strike
May 2013:
4 May: Protests in the city of Kunming on Saturday over planned chemical plant
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9 May: With anti-riot vans and helmeted paramilitary forces, police in Beijing smothered a southern district for a second day after protests by hundreds of migrant workers over the death of a 22-year-old woman
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16 May: Nearly 1,000 people took to the streets of Kunming in a renewed protest against a proposed chemical plant
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22 May: Chinese authorities have arrested 13 people for Internet posts that sparked a rare protest in Beijing
June 2013:
4 June: Relatives of workers, killed as fire engulfed a chicken processing plant in northeast China blocked traffic and scuffled with police, demanding answers after at least 120 people died and more than 70 were injured
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25 June: Beijing workers in the US factory 'Specialty Medical Supplies' holding US executive Chip Starnes say wages have not been paid
4 June 2013:
4 June 2013: 24th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
July 2013:
1 July: Thousands have turned out for the annual pro-democracy march in Hong Kong demanding democratic reform and protesting against the leadership of CY Leung
2014:
Occupy Central 2014, proposed nonviolent occupation protest for universal suffrage that would take place in Central, Hong Kong in July 2014
January-March 2014:
2 January: Thousands rally on New Year's Day for Hong Kong democracy, demanding a greater say in choosing their future leaders
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16 February: Runners in Hong Kong's annual street marathon voice support for press freedom
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25 February: Li Guixin in the smoggy northern city of Shijiazhuang the first person in the country to sue the government for failing to curb air pollution
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26 February: Ex-chief editor of the Ming Pao daily Kevin Lau Chun-to in critical condition after being attacked in street days after thousands march for press freedom
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28 February: Journalists held vigils condemning the violence, as news editor Kevin Lau is improving
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7 March: Chinese IBM workers strike amid Lenovo sale unrest
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25 March: Relatives of lost passengers flight MH370 protest in Beijing, accusing Malaysia of 'delays and deception' a day after it confirmed the plane crashed, and clash with police
April 2014:
16 April: Tens of thousands of workers on strike at the Yue Yuen Industrial factory in Dongguan which makes shoes for Nike and Adidas
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22 April: Staff at factory in Jiangxi join industrial action in which up to 30,000 workers are striking in neighbouring Guangdong to protest against unfair pay and benefits
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23 April: Chinese activist Zhang Zhiru thought to have been detained by security services over role in Yue Yuen walkout, goes missing after helping to organise shoe factory strike
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25 April: China has ordered owners of a huge Taiwan-backed shoe factory to address striking workers' grievances about unpaid social security
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28 April: After small concessions, scores of strikers were detained by police and employees at factory making shoes for Nike, Adidas and others returned to work
May 2014:
11 May: A protest in eastern Yuhan district over a plan to build a waste incinerator has turned violent
June 2014:
4 June 2014: Tens of thousands of people hold a vigil in Hong Kong to mark the 1989 killing of protesters in Beijing, while mainland authorities sought to whitewash the 1989 event
and police flooded the streets in Beijing
July 2014:
1 July: Hong Kong rallies for democracy as government says 'doing its utmost' to move towards universal suffrage, after nearly 800,000 voted for full democracy in an unofficial referendum
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2 July: Hours after hundreds of thousands of residents gathered for the city's biggest pro-democracy demonstration in recent history Hong Kong police detained hundreds for illegally 'occupying' street
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4 July: At least five members of the group that has organized the July 1st pro-democracy march have been arrested
September 2014:
22 September: Hong Kong students have converged on a university campus, launching a weeklong boycott of classes in protest against Beijing’s decision to rule out fully democratic elections in former British colony
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27 September: Clash with riot police and arrests at the end of the weeklong strike by students
demanding China's leaders organize democratic elections in 2017
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28 September: Hong Kong activists have kicked off a mass civil disobedience campaign over voting rights early, after tens of thousands of students and sympathisers pre-empted them with protests at government buildings
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29 September: Thousands of Hong Kong citizens stepped up their calls for democracy on Monday
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30 September: Hong Kong protesters stand ground ahead of Chinese national day
October-December 2014:
1 October: Hong Kong pro-democracy protests spread as thousands defy call to leave streets on China’s national holiday
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8 October: Chinese police detained a well-known poet and seven other people ahead of a poetry reading planned in Beijing to support pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong
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10 December: Demonstrators protest about government wrongdoing outside Langfang court where former deputy of economic planning agency Liu Tienan was convicted of bribery
2015:
17 August 2015: Hundreds of angry residents whose homes had been destroyed in the Tianjin explosions have gathered outside an official news conference venue demanding answers
2016:
4 January 2016: Pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow in Hong Kong has released a video, attacking Beijing regime’s campaign of 'political suppression' following the disappearances of five booksellers
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1 June 2016: In an open letter
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families of those killed during the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown have accused China's regime of subjecting them to nearly three decades of threats and repression in a bid to stop them speaking out about the massacre
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28 June 2016: Chinese activist Chen Yunfei has been ordered to stand trial
for visiting the grave of young photographer Wu Guofeng killed in the 1989 Tiananmen massacre
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1 July 2016: Thousands of Hong Kong protesters demand resignation of CY Leung who critics accuse of failing to confront China over bookseller scandal
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10 août 2016: La ville de Lianyungang a indiqué qu'elle allait suspendre ses préparatifs pour l'implantation potentielle d'une usine franco-chinoise de traitement de combustibles nucléaires usés, après des manifestations d'habitants inquiets
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27 September 2016: China labor activists sentenced for helping workers in wage dispute
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5 October 2016: Hong Kong’s democracy campaigner Joshua Wong accuses Thailand’s military junta of political 'suppression' after he was barred from entering the country, apparently after Beijing regime asked for his name to be placed on a travel blacklist
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25 December 2016: As people celebrate around the world, the Chinese regime's tradition to jail political prisoners in the shadow of events is increasing, hoping the distraction of the Christmas holiday season will lead to less attention
June/July 2017:
5 juin 2017: Une veillée géante a été organisée à l'occasion du 28e anniversaire de la répression des manifestations démocratiques de la place Tiananmen
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19 July 20017: Chinese regime's ocean burial of democracy campaigner and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, who died in custody last week, backfires as activists stage sea protests
November 2017:
9 November 2017: Harassment and house arrest in China as Trump has 'beyond terrific' time
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after the USA president was officially welcomed to Beijing with an explosion of military splendour and staged adulation
December 2017:
11 December 2017: Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of the Chinese capital to pillory Beijing’s crackdown on migrant communities with chants of 'violent evictions violate human rights'
April 2018:
11 April 2018: Chinese regime is holding Li Wenzu, the wife of detained rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, in her Beijing home after they cut short her protest march demanding an explanation for his arrest
June 2018:
4 June 2018: On the 29th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, Chinese citizens around the world are remembering the lone man, armed with nothing more than two shopping bags, who stepped in front of a row of tanks moving down the streets of Beijing
August 2018:
24 August 2018: 50 student activists have gone missing in Huizhou, near Shenzhen, in Guangdong province after police raided an apartment where they had been mobilising support for factory workers demanding union rights in China’s manufacturing region where independent labour unions are barred and activism is seen as a threat
May 2019:
9 May 2019: Chinese regime steps up curbs on activists for 30th anniversary of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square
4 June 2019:
4 June 2019: Wang Zhixin, who supported protests in 1989 that ended in violent bloodshed when the Chinese regime sent tanks and soldiers into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, returns for the first time
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as regime continues to rebuke critics demanding to 'make a full, public accounting of those killed or missing to give comfort to the many victims of this dark chapter of history' and has escalated its routine censorship of all references to Tiananmen or 1989 in the run-up to the anniversary
5 June 2019 repression to erase mass killings from public memory:
5 June 2019: After 30 years, China Beijing regime keeps forcibly blocking any talk about Tiananmen protests, imposes information lockdown on anniversary, continuing political repression to erase mass killings from public memory, making activists unreachable by phone or text
Society, demographics, culture and human rights in the PRC:
Chinese society
Human rights in China:
Human rights in the PRC
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Category: Human rights in the PRC
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Political repression in the PRC
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Censorship in the PRC
2015/2016:
2015/2016 'Human Rights Watch' China report examining the situation of human rights defenders, detentions, enforced disappearance, politicized prosecutions, and torture, freedom of expression, women’s rights, freedom of religion, disability rights, sexual orientation and gender identity, Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, key international actors, foreign policy
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United Nations OHCHR monitoring China's compliance with obligations of human rights treaties
2016:
11 October 2016: Uighur intellectual Ilham Tohti, who was jailed for life after opposing China’s draconian policies in its violence-stricken west, has been named the winner of the annual Martin Ennals Award for human rights defenders
April 2018:
3 avril 2018: Au mépris des droits humains, il y aurait actuellement 'entre 5 et 8 millions de prisonniers' chinois dans des camps concentrationnaires, selon Jean-Luc Domenach, expert de la question
October 2018:
11 October 2018: Amid sustained international criticism, Chinese authorities have revised legislation to allow Xinjiang's regional government to officially permit the use of 'education and training centres' to incarcerate 'people influenced by extremism'
November 2018:
6 November 2018: After the first UN assessment since 2013 criticised the mass detention of lawyers and the continuing use of internment camps in China, Beijing regime says UN criticism is 'politically driven'
December 2019 regime's 'mockery' of human rights in China:
10 December 2019: As Chinese Beijing regime hosts hundreds of lawyers from around the world, dozens of prominent Chinese rights lawyers remain detained, according to rights advocates who have criticised the event as 'a mockery', and condemn human rights lawyers being ‘forcefully disappeared’
13 January 2021 China in darkest period for human rights since Tiananmen, HRW says:
13 January 2021: China in darkest period for human rights since Tiananmen, says rights group Human Rights Watch, listing persecutions in Xinjiang, Mongolia, Tibet and Hong Kong and noting new willingness to condemn Beijing
Hong Kong:
Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region
Since 1997:
Hong Kong–Mainland conflict, tensions between people from Hong Kong and mainland China, which have developed since the handover of Hong Kong's sovereignty to China in 1997, and in particular since the late 2000s and early 2010s
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Economy of
Hong Kong
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List of companies of
Hong Kong
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Manufacturing companies of Hong Kong:
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Energy in Hong Kong:
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Agriculture and aquaculture in Hong Kong:
Agriculture and aquaculture in Hong Kong
Water in Hong Kong
Water in Hong Kong
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Water transport in Hong Kong:
Water transport in Hong Kong
Tourism in Hong Kong:
Tourism in Hong Kong
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Visitor attractions in
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Banking and financial services in Hong Kong:
List of banks in Hong Kong
Financial services companies of Hong Kong
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Insurance companies of
Hong Kong
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Stock exchanges in Hong Kong
Economic history of Hong Kong:
Economic
history of Hong Kong since 1980
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History of transport in Hong Kong
October 2019 Hong Kong in recession:
28 October 2019: Hong Kong in recession, as financial secretary calls fall in tourism an 'emergency’ and says it will be extremely difficult for city to achieve any annual growth
Labour and employment in Hong Kong:
Labour in Hong Kong
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Employment in Hong Kong
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Minimum Wage Ordinance since 2011
Poverty in Hong Kong:
Poverty in Hong Kong
November 2017 record number of Hong Kong residents live in poverty:
20 November 2017: A record number of Hong Kong residents live in poverty, with one fifth of the population falling below the poverty line despite economic growth, according to new government figures
Housing in Hong Kong:
Housing in Hong Kong varies by location and income, more than 7 million people live on about 1,108 km² of land in the region
Taxation in Hong Kong:
Taxation in Hong Kong
Politics of Hong Kong:
Politics of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Basic Law
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Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal
Political parties, trade unions and organisations in Hong Kong:
Political parties in
Hong Kong
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Political organisations in Hong Kong
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Trade unions in
Hong Kong
Elections and politics in Hong Kong:
Elections in Hong Kong
Democratic development in Hong Kong since 1997:
Democratic development in Hong Kong since 1997
September 2012 Hong Kong legislative election:
Hong Kong legislative election 9 September 2012
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10 September 2012: Albert Ho (Democratic Party) will step down after his party won only four of 35 seats
but pro-democratic candidates win 27 seats out of the 70 in the Legislative Council
2014 Hong Kong electoral reform:
2014 Hong Kong electoral reform is an ongoing public debate on the supposed electoral reform on the 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election and 2016 Legislative Council election
June 2014:
21 June 2014: More than 400,000 votes were cast online Friday in the first day of an unofficial city-wide referendum on democratic reforms in Hong Kong
2015:
18 June 2015: Pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong defeated attempts to bring 'fake democracy' to Hong Kong by voting down with 28 legislators a controversial Beijing-backed plan that sparked mass demonstrations in 2015
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22 novembre 2015: Les citoyens vont choisir 431 membres des comités de district un an après la 'révolution des parapluies' à
Hong Kong
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23 November: Umbrella' candidates win at least 8 seats in Hong Kong district polls
September 2016 Hong Kong legislative election:
4 September 2016 Hong Kong legislative election
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4 septembre 2016: Les indépendantistes hongkongais défient Pékin dans les urnes
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5 September 2016: At least four activists who support greater political autonomy or outright independence from Chinese regime claimed seats in Hong Kong’s 70-member Legislative Council, after a record 2.2 million people went to the polls on Sunday
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15 November 2016: Hong Kong court bans two separatist politicians from taking office, after Beijing regime said it would not allow the pair to be sworn into office and as fears grow of the city’s liberties coming under threat
March 2017:
26 March 2016: Pro-Beijing election committee elects its favoured candidate Carrie Lam, as protesters, pro-democracy legislators and activists criticize and dismiss the result as a 'nightmare’
March 2018 Hong Kong by-election:
11 March 2018 Hong Kong by-election
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12 March 2018: Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners have suffered a blow after weekend elections saw them lose critical influence in the city’s government
September 2018:
24 September 2018: In an unprecedented move, Hong Kong has banned a pro-independence political party HKNP, a well-known but small group that promotes the city’s independence from China's Beijing regime, causing outcry among critics who see the measure as another sign of the regime’s tightening grip over the city
Since 28 April 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests:
Since 28 April 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests, a series of demonstrations in Hong Kong and other cities around the world
15 June 2019 extradition law suspended:
15 June 2019: After a week of huge protests, with police brutality and government intransigence adding to public outrage, and on the eve of another major protest march called for Sunday, Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam has suspended indefinitely efforts to pass a controversial new extradition law that would allow Hong Kong citizens to be sent to mainland China for trial in opaque courts controlled by the Beijing regime
16-18 June 2019:
16/17 June 2019: Hong Kong’s political crisis has entered its second week, after protesters who had filled the city’s streets in record numbers on Sunday rejected an apology from leader Carrie Lam, and vowed to continue their fight against a controversial law she championed
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17 June 2019: Hong Kong police chief admits officers sought to arrest wounded protesters in hospital, as Joshua Wong, released from jail, wastes no time joining the demonstrators’ key demands, saying the protests 'showed the spirit and dignity of the Hong Kong people'
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18 June 2019: In a press conference announced by Beijing-controlled newspaper Ta Kung Pao, her first since huge Sunday protest, Carrie Lam refused to fully meet any of the protesters’ requests for her to resign, withdraw her extradition law, and apologise both for police brutality and for describing one protest as a riot
9 July 2019:
9 July 2019: Hong Kong's Carrie Lam says extradition bill is 'dead', calling legislation ‘total failure', but held back from completely withdrawing it, drawing criticism from her opponents, saying 'dead’ is not a legal or political term, after protesters on 7 July hold umbrellas as they faced riot police in Hong Kong once again
22 July 2019 police standing by as men attacked commuters and pro-democracy activists:
22 July 2019: Pro-democracy activists and lawmakers in Hong Kong have accused the police of standing by as men dressed in white attacked commuters late on Sunday, leaving 45 hospitalised, including one who is critically injured, as video footage shows dozens of men, most in masks, storming a subway station, chasing passengers and beating them with rods, among those hurt in the attack demonstrators returning from a large anti-government rally, as well as a pregnant woman and a woman holding an infant
23-25 July 2019:
23 July 2019: Public anger grows after police fail to protect protesters from masked and armed mob who left 45 people hospitalised
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25 July 2019: Hong Kong authorities came under intense pressure to investigate and sanction those connected to the Yuen Long attack, which has prompted accusations of collusion between security, local authorities and the triads
20 August 2019:
20 August 2019: After Hong Kong authorities have used teargas, rubber bullets and beanbag rounds to disperse previous protests, and with Beijing's military presence at the border, Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam promised to set up a platform for dialogue with citizens and tackle complaints against the police, offering an IPCC investigation lasting 6 months, praising a weekend of peaceful protests that she hoped would be the start of a return to calm in the financial hub, but her offer was dismissed by activists as 'a trap' because she had already refused the protesters’ five requests
28 August 2019 government’s threats:
28 August 2019: The Hong Kong government’s hint that it may use a draconian law to quell its biggest crisis in decades has sparked widespread concern, with analysts saying it would plunge the city into a worse crisis
30 August 2019 arrest of democracy activists:
30 August 2019: Several prominent pro-democracy activists including Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Andy Chan have been arrested in Hong Kong in an apparent crackdown on protests that have plunged the city into its worst political crisis in decades
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as since June police have arrested more than 900 people in relation to the ongoing anti-extradition law protests
1 September 2019 Hong Kong riot police storm metro station:
1 September 2019: Hong Kong riot police have stormed a metro station, using batons to beat passengers
2/3 September 2019 Carrie Lam's leaked audio:
2 September 2019: 'I would quit if I had choice', says Hong Kong's Carrie Lam in leaked audio, further demonstrating it is Beijing directing response to crisis
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but later denies offering to resign, as arrests of protesters including several organisers continue
4/5 September 2019 withdrawal of extradition bill, new threats:
4 September 2019: Hong Kong's Carrie Lam to formally withdraw extradition bill, say reports
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4 September 2019: Demonstrators say withdrawing extradition bill is too little, too late, as call for inquiry into police force rejected
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5 September 2019: Hong Kong’s Lam vows to use 'stern law enforcement' to stamp out protests
9 September 2019 rising violence against journalists:
9 September 2019: Hong Kong journalists and reporters covering protests warn of rising police violence against them, saying officers using pepper spray and teargas, among other abuses
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as Beijing regime, known for disrespect of human rights at all levels, including brutal violence, calls
meetings and talks
with Hong Kong human rights activists 'disrespectful'
17 September 2019 government fails to secure help from any of Hong Kong's public relations firms:
17 September 2019: Hong Kong government failed to secure help from any of the global public relations firms it has approached to salvage the financial hub’s tarnished reputation, as eight companies turned down opportunity because it would harm their reputations
26 September 2019:
26 September 2019: Saying the biggest responsibility for resolving the crisis lay with the government, Hong Kong's Carrie Lam will hold talks with the people no matter how difficult as she opened the first 'open dialogue' sessions
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26 September 2019: Hong Kong's Carrie Lam faces public anger in 'dialogue session’, as openly critical audience call for independent inquiry into police brutality and handling of pro-democracy protests
4 October 2019 Carrie Lam invokes colonial-era emergency powers:
4 October 2019: Hong Kong's Carrie Lam invokes colonial-era emergency powers to quell protests
8 October 2019:
8 October 2019: Hong Kong's Carrie Lam refuses to rule out asking China for help to quell protests
11 October 2019 750 of the protesters arrested are children:
11 October 2019: Hong Kong officials have revealed that 750 of the protesters arrested during four months of unrest are children, sparking outrage in the city, as anger continues to grow over the government’s increasingly hardline measures against demonstrators
15 October 2019 more threats:
15 October 2019: Hong Kong's Carrie Lam hints at further measures to suppress protests
16 October 2019 Lam forced to deliver key speech via video:
16 October 2019: Hong Kong's Lam forced to deliver key speech via video amid protests by angry pro-democracy politicians, who shouted her down during address and called for her resignation, accusing her of having 'blood on her hands' as the police continued to use excessive force to crack down on the escalating protests
17 October 2019 Carrie Lam abandons chamber again:
17 October 2019: Pro-democracy lawmakers shouted and waved placards depicting Lam with bloodied hands, and Carrie Lam abandons chamber again after lawmakers decry assault on protest leader
20 October 2019 attacks against democracy activists:
20 October 2019: A 19-year-old democracy activist was allegedly stabbed by a man shouting pro-China slogans in the north-eastern Tai Po district, days after a leading activist was left bloodied in another street attack, and as police confirmed a 22-year-old man had been arrested
29 October 2019:
29 octobre 2019: Joshua Wong privé d'élections
4 November 2019 Hong Kong police allied with knife-wielding man slashing several people:
4 November 2019: A knife-wielding man slashed several people and bit off part of the ear of a pro-democracy politician in Hong Kong on Sunday, as riot police stormed several malls to thwart protesters who have been demanding government reforms for nearly five months
8 November 2019 student Chow Tsz-lok dies:
8 November 2019: Student Chow Tsz-lok who fell from parking lot during demonstrations dies, the first fatality linked to police action during a protest
9 November 2019 pro-democracy politicians arrested:
9 novembre 2019: Alors que les élections à Hong Kong se rapprochent, la police a arrêté plusieurs politiciens en faveur des manifestants
11 November 2019 Hong Kong protester shot by police:
11 November 2019: Hong Kong protester shot by police amid citywide clashes, now in critical condition after officers fired teargas and pepper spray at demonstrators
12 November 2019 closed schools, protest and teargas:
12 November 2019: Riot police have fired teargas on anti-government demonstrators gathered in Hong Kong’s central business district and several universities, demanding greater democracy in the Chinese territory, as universities and schools close after police shot protester
16 November 2019 Beijing regime's troops deployed in Hong Kong:
26 November 2019: Beijing regime's troops in Hong Kong have been deployed to help clear roads blockaded by anti-government protesters in a controversial move that escalates the already high tensions in the territory called a 'Special Administrative Region', after Xi Jinping threatened to 'restore order'
19 November 2019 police surround last holdouts at Hong Kong university:
19 November 2019: As police siege of the campus entered its third day, about 100 anti-government protesters remained holed up at Hong Kong university Tuesday, unsure what to do next as food supplies dwindled
20 November 2019 teenager protesting at Hong Kong Polytechnic University testifies:
20 November 2019: Hong Kong teenager protesting at nearly deserted campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University says role of protesters is important because the government didn’t back down when hundreds of thousands of people peacefully marched in the streets of Hong Kong demanding fully democratic elections and an investigation into alleged police brutality in cracking down on the demonstrations
22 November 2019 Hong Kong’s university siege stretched into a sixth day:
22 November 2019: Hong Kong’s university siege stretched into a sixth day on Friday, as medics warned of a humanitarian crisis and the city prepared for weekend elections that will be a key barometer of public support for protesters
23 November 2019 injured by police student demands democracy:
23 novembre 2019: Un étudiant hongkongais de 21 ans, blessé par balle par un policier lors des manifestations, a appelé samedi les habitants à voter en masse aux élections de district du lendemain afin 'd'obtenir davantage de démocratie'
November 2019 Hong Kong local elections:
24 November 2019 Hong Kong local elections
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24 November 2019: Hong Kong residents stand in long queues to have their say in polls expected to be a proxy referendum on pro-democracy campaign
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Domestic and international reactions to the 2019 Hong Kong protests since March 2019
25/26 November 2019 pro-democracy camp won Hong Kong election:
25 November 2019: Pro-democracy camp won Hong Kong election, as result should cause wise minds in the Beijing regime to recognize the force of democracy in difference to its rejected violence
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26 November 2019: Beijing regime and allied Hong Kong chief executive have suggested they have little intention of compromise with the city’s protest movement, despite a landslide victory for pro-democracy campaigners in local elections that served as a proxy referendum on six months of resistance against dictatorship
11 December 2019 foreign experts quit Hong Kong police brutality inquiry over lack of powers:
11 December 2019: Foreign experts quit Hong Kong police brutality inquiry over lack of powers, as panel recruited to ensure objectivity cite failure to agree formal process with police complaints commission
15 December 2019 Hong Kong police make arrests and use pepper spray:
15 December 2019: Hong Kong violence breaks out again in shopping centres, as police make arrests and use pepper spray
20 December 2019 Hong Kong police have frozen $10m from a fund to help pro-democracy protesters:
20 December 2019: Hong Kong police have frozen $10m from a major fund to help pro-democracy protesters, and arrested its four members, accusing them of money laundering, also saying their investigation focused on Spark Alliance, a non-profit online platform formed in 2016 that collects donations to provide support to political critics of the city’s pro-Beijing authorities, as the one of two crowd-sourced funding platforms collected millions of dollars to provide legal and other help for people arrested in pro-democracy protests that have upended the city since early June
18 April 2020 Hong Kong police arrest democracy activists amid covid-19 crisis:
18 April 2020: Hong Kong police arrested at least 14 veteran pro-democracy lawmakers, activists and a media tycoon on charges of joining unlawful protests last year calling for reforms, now amid covid-19 pandemic and crisis, originating from Hunan and spreading after Beijing regime arrested whisteblowers
22 April 2020 fresh crackdown on Hong Kong's democracy movement:
22 April 2020: Amid fresh crackdown in Hong Kong, democracy activist Martin Lee, who was arrested on Saturday, says protests will turn fatal if authorities go ahead with expected national security push
24 April 2020 regime is prosecuting first foreign national over Hong Kong protests:
24 April 2020: Chinese regime is prosecuting first foreign national Lee Henley Hu Xiang, a Belizean national and Taiwan resident, for involvement in the Hong Kong protests, which racked the city for much of last year
25 April 2020 abducted Hong Kong bookseller opens Taiwan shop:
25 April 2020: Abducted Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee opens Taiwan shop
May 2020 officials call criticism of their crackdown on pro-democracy movement 'irresponsible':
2 May 2020: Hong Kong's administration has accused foreign politicians of being ignorant and irresponsible after they criticised its recent crackdown on pro-democracy figures and accused Beijing of 'flagrant breaches' of Hong Kong’s autonomy
1 June 2020 Hong Kong police ban Tiananmen memorial vigil:
1 June 2020: Hong Kong police ban Tiananmen memorial vigil, citing covid-19, as announcement means event will not be held for first time since massacre in 1989
4 June 2020 Hong Kong braces for Tiananmen vigil as anthem law is passed:
4 June 2020: Hong Kong braces for Tiananmen vigil as anthem law is passed, and protesters prepare to defy police ban following legislation banning mockery of Beijing regime's anthem
11 June 2020 Hong Kong’s security chief announced new police unit:
11 June 2020: Preferring violence, Hong Kong’s security chief has announced that a dedicated police unit is being set up and would be ready to enforce controversial new national security laws from day one
18 June 2020 Hongkongers could be extradited to China under new 'security' law:
18 June 2020: Hongkongers could be extradited to China under new security law, as Hong Kong delegate to Beijing regime's legislative body says people who breach new law could be sent to mainland if Beijing ‘thinks it necessary’
1 July 2020 first arrests as regime brings in 'security' law:
1 July 2020: Beijing regime confirmed that some suspects could be extradited to the mainland under the new rules, as protests erupt
and as police make first arrest since new law comes into force after man held Hong Kong Independence flag in protest
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1 July 2020: Hong Kong police use water cannon, pepper spray against pro-democracy protests and arrest more than 180 on first day of controversial security law
5 July 2020 books written by prominent Hong Kong democracy activists have started to disappear:
5 July 2020: Books written by prominent Hong Kong democracy activists have started to disappear from Hong Kong city’s libraries, online records show, days after Beijing imposed a new national security law on the finance hub, proving that there is now a presumptuous dictatorship commanding what is right or wrong for millions
11 July 2020 Hong Kong pollster raided by police:
11 July 2020: Hong Kong pollster raided by police amid security law crackdown, as police say independent pollster may have been hacked but there are fears of link to pro-democracy opposition’s primary election
30 July 2020 outcry in Hong Kong as 4 student activists arrested:
30 July 2020: Outcry in Hong Kong as 4 student activists arrested under new security law, the first political activists to be held since pro-Beijing legislation was imposed by the always more aggressive northern one-party state pretending to be China, ruling with police and military
31 July 2020 'political purge' on Hong Kong opposition:
31 July 2020: 'Political purge' on Hong Kong opposition may spell end of democracy, as decision to bar 12 pro-democracy candidates from standing for office, including student activist Joshua Wong but also moderates and four incumbents, is a sign that even moderate dissent will not be tolerated by Beijing's regime in Hong Kong
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31 July 2020: Concern as Hong Kong postpones elections for a year, citing covid-19, but sparking immediate accusations that the pandemic was being used as a pretext to suppress democracy, ‘an assault on fundamental freedoms’, according to Hong Kong Watch
1 August 2020 Hong Kong police issued arrest warrants for pro-democracy activists living in exile:
1 August 2020: Hong Kong police have issued arrest warrants for six pro-democracy activists living in exile, the first time the city’s authorities have used a sweeping new law to target campaigners living outside Hong Kong, including Samuel Chu, a USA citizen who lives in the USA, Nathan Law, a prominent campaigner who recently relocated to the UK after fleeing Hong Kong, and Simon Cheng, a former British consular staffer who was granted asylum in the UK after alleging he was tortured in China
2 August 2020 resistance against crackdown begins:
2 August 2020: Hong Kong democracy activists have responded to China’s overnight crackdown on opposition politicians, student campaigners and tenured academics by considering tactics, urging united stand against Beijing regime, as Nathan Law, who was placed on a police 'wanted' list just weeks after flying into exile in the UK, said he would cut off all contact with relatives living in his home city, in an apparent bid to protect them from well-known illegal punishment of relatives, from suspicion, pressure or more, as regime has already made clear it will interpret the law broadly, penalties stretching to life in prison
27 August 2020 regime arrests 12 citizens at sea while trying to flee to Taiwan:
27 August 2020: More than 10 Hong Kong residents, including an activist charged under the city’s punitive national security law, have been detained by China’s coastguard while trying to flee to Taiwan
7 September 2020 Hongkongers left shocked by the rough police arrest of a 12-year-old girl:
7 September 2020: Hongkongers have been left shocked by the rough police arrest of a 12-year-old girl whose family says was corraled into a protest crowd while out buying art supplies, coming amid the largest street protest seen in Hong Kong since 1 July, the first full day under the national security laws imposed by Beijing on the city
24 September 2020 pro-democracy leader Joshua Wong arrested in Hong Kong:
24 September 2020: Hong Kong authorities have arrested Joshua Wong over a 2019 protest and for allegedly violating an anti-mask law which courts have since found partially unconstitutional, according to the activist’s social media accounts
1 October 2020: Hong Kong police arrest 60 citizens for protesting on China’s National Day Holiday:
1 October 2020: Hong Kong police arrest 60 citizens for protesting on China’s National Day Holiday
10 October 2020 police arrest 9 people suspected of aiding fleeing activists:
10 October 2020: Hong Kong police arrest nine people suspected of aiding fleeing activists
17/18 October 2020 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protester Alexandra Wong lost a year amid fear of death:
17 octobre 2020: Disparue durant l’été 2019 alors qu’elle avait l’habitude de participer aux manifestations pro-démocratie, la militante hongkongaise Alexandra Wong affirme avoir été placée en 'détention criminelle' puis retenue en Chine continentale durant plus d’une année, disant 'j’ai eu peur de mourir dans le centre de détention'
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18 October 2020: Alexandra Wong says she was held in mainland China for 14 months, but vows never to give up fighting, even as she describes forced confessions and detention without trial, adding that 'there will be sacrifice, otherwise ... the authoritarian system wouldn’t be changed'
27 October 2020 activism group members arrested:
27 October 2020: 19-year-old Hong Kong activist Tony Chung, on bail after his arrest on suspected national security offences, has been detained by authorities while attempting to seek asylum at the USA consulate, as two other members of Chung’s now-disbanded activism group, Yanni Ho and William Chan, were also arrested later on Tuesday reportedly taken to police stations
3 November 2020 Hong Kong TV journalist arrested 'over report on police misconduct':
3 November 2020: Hong Kong police have arrested journalist Choy Yuk-ling at public broadcaster RTHK, reportedly in relation to a documentary about the 2019 Yuen Long incident, when police were accused of standing by as armed thugs attacked commuters, and when the respected current affairs programme investigated the police response to the attack, which left 45 people needing treatment in hospital
5/6 November 2020 police launched 'hotline' to inform anonymously on anyone over 'national security law':
5 November 2020: Hong Kong police have launched a 'hotline' for the city’s residents to inform anonymously on anyone they allege has broken a sweeping new 'national security law', as critics say the measure has disturbing echoes of surveillance methods used in mainland China, will deepen divisions in the city and could be exploited by individuals trying to settle personal, business or political scores
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as pro-democracy activists warn against 'eyes and ears everywhere'
11 November 2020 Beijing regime persecutes citizens committing 'other acts that endanger national security':
11 November 2020: Hong Kong plunged further into crisis as a new law imposed by Beijing allowing the disqualification of 'unpatriotic' opposition members prompted the entire pro-democracy caucus to announce their resignation, as four sitting legislators were disqualified with immediate effect by a measure passed by China’s highest legislative body, that bars anyone from Hong Kong’s legislative council who supports independence, refuses to recognise Beijing’s sovereignty over Hong Kong, seeks help from 'foreign countries or foreign forces to interfere in the affairs of the region' or commits 'other acts that endanger national security'
14 November 2020 Hong Kong politicians face pro-democracy exodus:
14 November 2020: Hong Kong’s battered pro-democracy opposition faces a bleak political future after a week that saw the entire bloc resign from the city’s legislature to protest at the ousting of four members for 'unpatriotic' conduct under a new law, as Chinese authorities have signalled that those who walked out may not be able to stand in future elections on the grounds their protest was itself unpatriotic and therefore bars them from office
18 November 2020 Hong Kong national security law pits judges against justice officials in activist's trial:
18 November 2020: Hong Kong’s department of justice has asked that a national security judge take over the trial of an activist, even though he has not been charged with national security offences, in a move that underlines the erosion of the city’s independent legal system
19 November 2020 Hong Kong breached bill of rights over police scrutiny court rules:
19 November 2020: Hong Kong breached bill of rights over police scrutiny, the region’s high court rules, as amid ongoing unrest, judge calls for establishment of independent complaints system, coming as a report by international experts who quit a Hong Kong police brutality inquiry last year said officers’ crowd-control tactics had radicalised protesters and worsened perceptions of the force’s legitimacy
23 November 2020 pro-democracy activists in court:
23 novembre 2020: Trois dissidents hongkongais, dont le militant pro-démocratie Joshua Wong, sont poursuivis pour une manifestation devant le quartier général de la police de Hong Kong en juin 2019
2 December 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists jailed over protest:
2 December 2020: Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong jailed for 13 and a half months over protest as Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam also sentenced over pro-democracy protest at police HQ last year
11 December 2020 persecution of citizens continues:
11 décembre 2020: Les autorités pro-Pékin du territoire semi-autonome multiplient depuis quelques mois les poursuites contre les dissidents et les détracteurs de Pékin dans l’ex-colonie britannique.
17 December 2020 citizens who fled by boat to Taiwan charged with illegal crossing:
17 December 2020: Chinese authorities have formally indicted 10 of the 12 citizens and activists arrested in August while attempting to flee Hong Kong for Taiwan by boat, as group has not been put on trial yet but China’s court system has a conviction rate of about 99%
26 December 2020 the liberty disappeared in Hong Kong:
26 décembre 2020: Au terme d’une année de recul sans précédent des libertés à Hong Kong, on peut aussi être poursuivi pour un slogan ou un tweet
30 December 2020 Beijing regime jails 10 who fled by boat to Taiwan for up to three years:
30 December 2020: Ten people who tried to flee Hong Kong for Taiwan have been sentenced in a Chinese court to up to three years in jail, while two minors have been returned to to Hong Kong police custody
31 December 2020 Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai returned to jail ordered by regime's court until at least February:
31 December 2020: Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been returned to jail after the city’s highest court ruled in favour of prosecutors’ request for leave to appeal against his already highly restrictive bail order, as the decision will keep the 76-year-old in jail until at least February, even though he has not been accused of a violent crime and is not considered a flight risk
6 January 2021 dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians and campaigners arrested:
6 November 2021: Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy figures arrested in sweeping crackdown, as campaigners and politicians held in wave of arrests under the national 'security' law
over an unofficial election primary organised by pro-democracy parties last year
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as international criticism mounts and UK's Dominic Raab says China 'misled world' on Hong Kong security law
8 January 2021 governments should hold Beijing accountable for arbitrary action HRW says:
8 January 2021: Following mass arrests of pro-democracy politicians, governments should hold Beijing accountable for arbitrary action, Human Rights Watch says
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8 January 2021: Hong Kong's remaining activists lament assault on opposition, as on Wednesday at dawn, 1,000 police swept the city, carrying out mass arrests of 55 people associated with a move to bring about a democratic election
14 January 2021 11 more 'national security' arrests in Hong Kong reported over attempted boat escape to Taiwan:
14 January 2021: 11 more 'national security' arrests in Hong Kong reported over attempted boat escape to Taiwan
3 February 2021 second lawyer barred after defending Hong Kong democracy activist:
3 February 2021: Second lawyer barred after defending Hong Kong democracy activist, as Ren Quanniu, who acted for one of the 12 people who tried to flee territory by boat, says revocation is ‘groundless’, after Lu Siwei, who was served alongside Ren on the case, had his licence stripped last month
13 February 2021 alarm over proposed law that could ban anyone from leaving:
13 February 2021: Hong Kong Bar Association has spoken out against a government proposal that could give 'apparently unfettered power' to the immigration director to stop anyone leaving the city
16 February 2021 Lee Cheuk-yan accuses police and government of depriving Hongkongers of constitutional rights:
16 February 2021: Veteran activist Lee Cheuk-yan accuses police and government of depriving Hongkongers of constitutional rights, after he and eight other high-profile figures went on trial in one of the biggest court cases linked to the protest movement
Social movements, democratic development and protests in Hong Kong:
Social movements
and
protests
in Hong Kong
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Since 1986 pro-democracy camp in Hong Kong, refers to a political alignment that supports increased democracy, namely the universal suffrage of the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council as given by the Basic Law under the 'One Country, Two Systems' framework
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Since 2002 Civil Human Rights Front, an organisation that focuses on the issues of Hong Kong politics and livelihood, affiliated with almost all pan-democratic camps in Hong Kong, as forty-eight NGOs and political groups have been involved in the organisation since 2006
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Since early 2010s Hong Kong localism, a political movement centered on the preservation of the city's autonomy and local culture, encompassing a variety of groups with different goals, but all of them oppose the perceived growing encroachment of the Chinese central government on the city's management of its own political, economic, and social affairs
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Demosisto, a small pro-democracy organisation advocating self-determination for Hong Kong initially established on 10 April 2016 as a political party
Since 1990:
Memorials for the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Since 1997 Hong Kong 1 July protests:
Since 1997 Hong Kong 1 July protests, an annual protest rally originally held by the Civil Human Rights Front from the day of handover in 1997 on the HKSAR establishment day
2003 Hong Kong 1 July protest:
2003 Hong Kong 1 July protest
2005 pro democracy protests:
December 2005 protest for democracy in Hong Kong calling on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage
2009 anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests:
20th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests
2011-2012:
Occupy Central occupation protest, which took place October 2011 - September 2012
2012:
Early 2012 Hong Kong protests
2013:
2013 Hong Kong dock strike for better pay and working conditions
September-December 2014 Hong Kong protests:
September 2014 Hong Kong protests
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2014 Hong Kong Class Boycott Campaign
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Hong Kong Federation of Students
Since 27/28 September 2014:
28 September: Tens of thousands pro-democracy protesters join mass civil disobedience over voting rights as authorities promise crackdown up sit-in
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28 September: Hong Kong police fired teargas grenades and launched baton charges as tens of thousands of protesters brought a central area of the city to a standstill late on Sunday
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29 September: Hong Kong citizens step up democracy protests as riot police withdrawn
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29 September: More pro-democracy protesters join protests
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30 September: Hong Kong protesters stand ground ahead of Chinese national day
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30 September: Hong Kong protests grow ahead of public holiday
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1 October: Hong Kong pro-democracy protests spread as thousands defy call to leave streets on China’s national holiday
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1 October: More families among the tens of thousands demanding free and democratic elections in Hong Kong on the National Day public holiday
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2 October: China's regime warns of 'unimaginable consequences' if Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrations continue
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2 October: Hong Kong's Leung offers talks with students to discuss reforms but refuses to step down over protests
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3 October: Violent scuffles broke out in a Hong Kong shopping district as supporters of Chinese regime's rule stormed tents and ripped down banners belonging to pro-democracy protesters after Leung’s talks offer
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3 October: After protesters beaten and bloodied pro-democracy leaders call off talks with government and accuse police of sending triads against rally
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4 October: 19 men, including eight suspected triad members, arrested after mob attacks on protesters
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5 October: Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong must be cleared by Monday morning, its chief executive Leung has announced, but tens of thousands of citizens flood into the city in the biggest gathering for days to oppose attacks on protesters
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6 October: Hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators defy a government deadline to clear the streets by 6am but staff are allowed through to their offices
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6 October: Hong Kong government due to hold first talks with pro-democracy groups later this week
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9 October: Hours after Hong Kong government canceled meetings with student leaders scheduled for Friday, protesters, whose numbers had previously been dwindling, returned in larger numbers
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10/11 octobre: Au lendemain de l'annulation par les autorités des négociations prévues avec les étudiants, des milliers de manifestants se sont de nouveau rassemblés à Hong Kong pour réclamer plus de démocratie et le départ du chef de l'exécutif
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12 October: Hong Kong’s tycoons face new scrutiny as protests underline yawning inequality, dating back to colonial times
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13 October: Clashes in Hong Kong as masked men move in on the main pro-democracy protest site in Central district removing barricades and attacking protesters
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14 October: Hong Kong police in fresh assault on protest barricades
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15 October: Hong Kong police clear tunnel by force in crackdown on protesters, beating prominent activist and detaining dozens more demostrators who want Beijing regime to allow democratic election
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16 October: As police use pepper spray to break up pro-democracy activists after video of beating reignites protests, Hong Kong’s Leung says he hopes the government can hold talks as early as next week, after cancelled talks with pro-democracy protesters earlier this month
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17 October: Hong Kong police dismantle protest sites in dawn raids
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18 October: Using batons and pepper spray police make 26 arrests during clashes in Mongkok district but are forced into partial retreat by protesters
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19 October: Twenty demonstrators injured as Hong Kong police uses batons and pepper spray in a second night against defending pro-democracy protesters
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20 October: Pro-democracy protesters strongly deny Hong Kong's Leung's claim that 'external forces' are involved on their side
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21 October: Tuesday night's talks of officials and students will be broadcast live in Hong Kong
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21 October: Thousands of Hong Kong protesters listened from the streets as students debated their call for full democracy with Beijing-backed officials
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22 October: Democracy would lead to the 'poor' dominating politics, Hong Kong's Beijing-backed governor Leung says in an interview
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24 October: Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong will hold an electronic poll
on government proposals they had rejected earlier in the week
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26/27 October: Occupy Central organisers may yet hold a poll on the future direction of the movement as online activists collect views of demonstrators
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28 October: Thousands gathered on Harcourt Road in the area now dubbed Umbrella Square to commemorate the firing of tear gas at protesters by police one month ago
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29 October: No foreign forces behind Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests, senior lawmaker Jasper Tsang says
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30 October: The role of social media in Occupy protests reviewed
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26 November: Police fire pepper spray as dozens of protesters arrested after Mong Kok clearance
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including student leaders
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28 November: Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong accuses police of beating him and causing injuries during his arrest on Wednesday
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30 November/1 December: Hong Kong police use batons and pepper spray against pro-democracy activists
as night of confrontation continues into Monday with scores of injuries and arrests
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2 December: Hong Kong's Joshua Wong urges the government to resume dialogue with students
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4 December: Hong Kong Federation of Students will decide in the next week whether to call on protesters to pull up stakes
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11 December: Hong Kong police clears the main pro-democracy protest site in the Admiralty district
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but movement promises to keep up pressure for truly democratic elections
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14 December 2014: Hong Kong activists fear they are being monitored by Beijing regime
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25 December: Hong Kong police announces arrest of 12 pro-democracy demonstrators for committing 'unlawful assembly' in Mong Kok neighborhood
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26 December 2014: More people arrested as pro-democracy protesters returned to the streets demanding genuine elections for the city’s chief executive
2015 Hong Kong protests:
1 February 2015: Thousands of pro-democracy protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong in first rallies for 'true universal suffrage' since the movement’s tents were cleared in December
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19 February: Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed Leung Chun-ying calls on residents to be more like 'mild and gentle' sheep in his lunar new year message
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14/15 June 2015: Pro-democracy protesters again took to the streets of Hong Kong to demand a say in the way the city’s leader is elected
ahead of a crucial reform bill
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18 June: Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters welcome veto of Beijing regime's election reform plan
2016:
3 January 2016: Hong Kong politicians and demonstrators call for Beijing regime to explain 'abductions' following the mysterious disappearance of a group of booksellers
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10 January 2016: Thousands of Hong Kong protesters gather to demand release of booksellers vanished since October and probably abducted by regime forces because of books critical of Beijing regime
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9 February: Hong Kong police fire live rounds during clashes with protesters supporting street food sellers facing eviction
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10 February 2016: A crisis of confidence has hit foreign and local-owned companies in Hong Kong following the abduction of five booksellers by Chinese agents
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6 April: Hong Kong student leader says that the city's HSBC branches refuse to open an account for his new party, accusing them of 'political censorship'
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21 April 2016: Editor Keung Kwok-yuen of Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao, that published a report on the 'Panama Papers' document leak, has been dismissed, sparking outcry from journalists’ unions and exposing new concerns about press freedoms in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory
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19 juin 2016: Le libraire de Hong Kong Lam Wing-kem arrêtés et retenus en Chine pendant plusieurs mois, a pris la tête d'une manifestation dans sa ville
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19 juin 2016: Le libraire enlevé Lam Wing-kem confie la terreur ressentie pendant ses 8 mois de détention et d'interrogatoires en Chine
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1 July 2016: Thousands of Hong Kong protesters demand resignation of CY Leung who critics accuse of failing to confront China over bookseller scandal
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5 août 2016: Milliers de manifestants pour l'indépendance protestent devant le siège du gouvernement de Hong Kong, parmi les manifestants des candidats interdits aux législatives de septembre car ils prônent une rupture avec la Chine
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6 November 2016: A pro-democracy march that drew thousands of people in Hong Kong has ended in clashes with police after Beijing regime announced it was reviewing a case that could see two pro-democracy lawmakers banned from taking their seats in Hong Kong’s parliament
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7 Nobember 2016: Hong Kong is facing a severe political crisis after Chinese Beijing regime barred two pro-democracy parliamentarians from the Special Administrative Region’s legislature
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15 November 2016: Hong Kong court bans two separatist politicians from taking office, after Beijing regime said it would not allow the pair to be sworn into office and as fears grow of the city’s liberties coming under threat
2017:
26 April 2017: Pro-independence activists Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching, who were disqualified over swearing-in ceremony incident, charged with unlawful assembly, amid a widening crackdown on dissenting voices in Hong Kong
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27 April 2017: Hong Kong police have arrested at least nine democracy activists in connection with anti-government protest last year, the latest in a series of politically motivated prosecutions that critics say are designed to eliminate opposition
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4 June 2017: June 4 vigil to mark the 28th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing brings back fears as Hong Kong marks 20 years of Chinese rule
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24 June 2017: Hong Kong police have launched a crackdown on political banners and images ahead of a visit to the city by Xi Jinping to avoid 'embarrassing' Beijing's Chinese president
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1 July 2017: Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters march across Hong Kong to mark the 20th anniversary of city’s handover to Chinese rule following Xi Jinping’s visit and labelling of any challenge to it as 'a red line’
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16 July 2017: Thousands of mourners marched through the heart of Hong Kong in a candlelight vigil for Chinese Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, sending a powerful message to the regime in Beijing as it tries to erase his legacy
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17 August 2017: Hong Kong democracy campaigners jailed over anti-China protests known as the umbrella movement
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20 August 2017: Thousands march in Hong Kong for release of pro-democracy leaders
January 2018:
17 January 2018: Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong along with fellow activist jailed for second time over 2014 protes
October 2018:
1 octobre 2018: Des milliers de personnes ont manifesté lundi à Hong Kong pour la défense des libertés politiques dans l'ex-colonie britannique
November 2018:
19 November 2018: Hong Kong democracy activists Lee Wing-tat, Chu Yiu-ming, Benny Tai, Chan Kin-man and Tanya Chan hold a rally outside West Kowloon court on Monday, pleading not guilty to charges of public nuisance for their involvement in nearly three months of street protests in 2014, as hundreds attend the trial of a total of nine activists
9-24 April 2019:
9 April 2019: Nine pro-democracy campaigners have been convicted over their leadership of 'umbrella movement' rallies in Hong Kong in 2014
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24 April 2019: Group of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have been sentenced to prison for their role in the Umbrella Movement protests, with two of its leaders jailed for 16 months
Since 28 April 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests:
Since 28 April 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests, a series of demonstrations in Hong Kong and other cities around the world
28 April 2019:
28 April 2019: Tens of thousands of people marched on Hong Kong’s parliament on Sunday to demand the scrapping of proposed extradition rules that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial, a move which some fear puts the city’s core freedoms at risk
4/5 June 2019:
4 juin 2019: De nombreux Hongkongais commençaient mardi à affluer dans un parc pour la traditionnelle veillée aux chandelles à la mémoire des victimes de la répression des manifestations de la place Tiananmen
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5 June 2019: Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong gathered to mark 30 years since China’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, underscoring continuing concern for Chinese human rights even as its own civil liberties are under threat
9/10 June 2019 Hong Kong protest against extradition law:
9 June 2019: Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Hong Kong in a vast protest against a proposed extradition law that critics say will allow mainland China to pursue its political opponents in the city, which has traditionally been a safe haven from the Beijing regime
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10 June 2019: Hong Kong’s government's Carrie Lam has said she remains determined to pass a proposed extradition law despite a huge protest march against the legislation on Sunday that drew
an estimated 1 million people to the streets of Hong Kong to demonstrate against the controversial extradition bill, with multiple other demonstrations occurring globally in support, including in Tokyo, Vancouver and Los Angeles
11 June 2019:
11 juin 2019: Les commerçants hongkongais ont fermé mardi pour soutenir les opposants au projet de loi autorisant les extraditions vers la Chine
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11 June 2918: Demonstrators have rallied outside government offices in Hong Kong, preparing to stay overnight to protest against controversial extradition law, after hundreds of businesses, parents and teachers called for a boycott of work and classes to show their opposition to the proposed bill, which would allow mainland China to pursue fugitives in the former British colony
12 June 2019:
12 June 2019: Hong Kong police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters who had massed outside government headquarters on Wednesday in opposition to a proposed extradition bill that has become a lightning rod for concerns over greater Beijing regime's control and erosion of civil liberties in the territory
13/14 June 2019:
13 June 2019: Activists in Hong Kong have called for a march on Sunday and a boycott of work and classes on Monday in protest against proposed extradition bill
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14 juin 2019: La colère monte contre la police hongkongaise
16 June 2019:
16 June 2019: Protesters are flooding into central Hong Kong again over the postponed extradition bill, saying 'we’re fighting for our freedom' and calling for a full retraction of the legislation amid fears authorities could resume efforts to pass the proposed law if public anger dimmed
18 June 2019:
18 June 2019: Anti-extradition protest organiser Civil Human Rights Front 'disappointed’ by Hong Kong leader’s refusal to retract bill and resign
21 June 2019:
21 June 2019: Thousands gather for fresh protest against extradition bill
26 June 2019:
26 June 2019: Protesters have gathered at a rally in Hong Kong and marched to foreign consulates, including USA, British consulates and European Union’s representative office, to lobby international governments about the city’s political crisis during the G20 summit this week
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26 June 2019: About a thousand people have held a noisy rally outside the police headquarters in downtown Hong Kong, calling for the release of protesters arrested during this month’s wave of political unrest, following a peaceful demonstration earlier on Wednesday
1 July 2019 anti-government protests:
1 July 2019: Anti-government protesters in Hong Kong take to streets on anniversary of China handover
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as anniversary of 1997 transition coincides with anger about controversial extradition law, documented by youtube
1/2 July 2019:
1/2 July 2019: After a peaceful march of half a million people and after a small splinter group of demonstrators, angry over the controversial extradition bill, stormed parliament building
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Hong Kong police have fired teargas at demonstrators and moved to disperse crowds
6/7 July 2019:
6/7 July 2019: Demonstrators protest against police brutality at the end of a week of ongoing opposition against extradition bill and Beijing regime
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7 July 2019: Tens of thousands of protesters have marched to keep up the pressure on the Hong Kong government to withdraw controversial extradition bill, demanding 'Implement genuine universal suffrage!', in the latest of a series of mass rallies that have drawn millions of demonstrators over the past month
9 July 2019:
9 July 2019: ‘The bill is dead’, but Hong Kong protesters are not appeased by Carrie Lam’s declaration
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saying 'dead’ is not a legal or political term, after protesters on 7 July hold umbrellas as they faced riot police in Hong Kong once again
13 July 2019:
13 July 2019: Thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong on Saturday to denounce Chinese traders buying up goods in a border town for resale on the mainland in the latest of a string of protests
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13 July 2019: Police use pepper spray to disperse peaceful protesters in Hong Kong
14 July 2019 Sha Tin protest against extradition bill:
14 July 2019: Clashes have erupted again between police and protesters against controversial extradition bill, this time in Sha Tin, a bustling town between Hong Kong island and the border with China, as tens of thousands of people marched peacefully against the bill which would allow for individuals to be sent for trials in Beijing regime's controlled courts
21 July 2019:
21 July 2019: Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in the city’s largest demonstration in recent weeks, but riot police armed with batons and shields fired teargas to disperse protesters as sosme ran toward officers who tried to push them back from a main road in the western district near Beijing’s liaison office with the city
23 July 2019:
23 July 2019: Protesters in Hong Kong have pledged to stand up to thugs who attacked demonstrators at the weekend, as public anger grows after police fail to protect protesters from masked and armed mob who left 45 people hospitalised
25 July 2019:
25 July 2019: Follwing attacks from masked and armed mob who left 45 people hospitalised at train station, protests to widen as rural residents fight back and Yuen Long has become the unlikely next battleground of Hong Kong’s protest movement
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25 July 2019: Demonstrators in Hong Kong have vowed to march despite a police ban to condemn an attack by suspected gangs on commuters earlier this week, after police rejected an application by protesters to hold a rally in Yuen Long in north-west Hong Kong, and as Hong Kong authorities came under intense pressure to investigate and sanction those connected to the Yuen Long attack, which has prompted accusations of collusion between security, local authorities and the triads
26 July 2019 Hong Kong airport protest:
26 July 2019: Hong Kong airport staff stage protest against Yuen Long attack, as flight attendants and airport staff join protesters to condemn government and police, chanting 'Free Hong Kong'
27 July 2019 Yuen Long protest:
27 July 2019: Thousands march in Yuen Long amid police standoff, as activists defy police ban to stage protest at site where attacks took place last weekend
28 July 2019 protest in central Hong Kong and tear gas:
28 July 2019: Thousands of demonstrators streamed into central Hong Kong on Sunday in the third day of mass protests as public anger at the government reaches new heights and groups of protesters moved to more areas
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28 July 2019: Police in Hong Kong have fired tear gas as thousands of pro-democracy protesters gathered close to China's main representative office
31 July 2019 protesters charged:
31 July 2019: More than 20 people have appeared in court in Hong Kong charged with rioting, infuriating activists who have demanded that the government avoid using the term 'riot' to refer to the demonstrations, as hundreds of supporters gathered outside the building chanting 'liberate Hong Kong'
31 July 2019 pro-democracy protesters attacked:
31 July 2019: Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters hurt in drive-by fireworks attack towards them outside a police station in Tin Shui Wai district, supporting a small number of protesters who had been detained inside the station
2 August 2019 civil servants join protest:
2 August 2019: Thousands of civil servants in Hong Kong protest against the government in a rare display of defiance of a government order to remain 'totally loyal' to Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam, streaming into a public park near government offices, as in a separate rally, hundreds of medical workers call for the release of a nurse who was arrested for tending to protesters hurt in clashes with police, and as the city braces for four consecutive days of mass demonstration
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2 August 2019: Hong Kong police have arrested 8 people, including a prominent pro-independence activist, on suspicion of having offensive weapons and explosives, ahead of a weekend of mass protests
2/3 August 2019:
3 August 2019: Thousands of demonstrators marched in Hong Kong on Saturday, facing the threat of arrest and increasingly severe warnings from the Beijing regime, saying 'we must come out and fight for our freedom', while groups of protesters chanted for the release of citizens who have been arrested over the last two months of demonstrations
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3 July 2019: Hong Kong police fire teargas on protesters
4 August 2019 protests:
4 August 2019: Protesters have taken to the streets of Hong Kong for another round of anti-government demonstrations, as thousands of residents marched in the town of Tseung Kwan O in Hong Kong’s New Territories and later protesters streamed towards a separate rally in the Western district, close to Beijing regime’s liaison office in the city
5 August 2019 protests, police and gang violence:
5 August 2019: Citywide general strike and protests descend into chaos as officers fire teargas and rubber bullets, as armed men began beating protesters, in scenes reminiscent of an attack on commuters in Yuen Long by gang members, as two taxis and a private car barrelled through crowds of protesters and protesters grabbed bricks they had dug up and chased after a taxi that had narrowly missed running over demonstrators
6 August 2019 Beijimg's threats:
6 August 2019: Hong Kong protesters and Chinese officials hold rival press conferences, as Beijing regime issues strongest warning yet to demonstrators saying 'don’t underestimate the firm resolve and tremendous power by the central government'
7 August 2019 Hong Kong's lawyers march against political prosecutions:
7 August 2019: Thousands of Hong Kong’s legal professionals have staged a march to put pressure on the city’s Department of Justice over what they say are political prosecutions of protesters
9 August 2019 airport protest:
9 August 2019: Pro-democracy protesters have held a demonstration at Hong Kong’s airport on the first of three days of planned rallies, while pamphlets warned visitors of the heavy use of teargas by police, recently used during protests on Monday, as journalists and protesters say many suffered skin irritation and internal injuries as a result
10 August 2019 families pro-democracy protest:
10 August 2019: Equipped with balloons and strollers, several hundred families took to the streets in Hong Kong on Saturday to show support for pro-democracy protests that are now in their third month
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10 August 2019: Hong Kong has been gripped by another night of violence and teargas after a peaceful afternoon march in Tai Po splintered into several fronts as protesters attempted to outrun the police firing teargas at protest groups
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10 août 2019: Des centaines de manifestants pro-démocratie de Hong Kong se sont rassemblés samedi après-midi dans le quartier de Tai Po pour une marche non autorisée, tandis que le sit-in à l'aéroport continue
11 August 2019 protests:
11 August 2019: Pro-democracy protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday for the 10th weekend in a row, calling for greater democratic freedoms in the city and showing no sign of standing down, with Hong Kong's Carrie Lam insisting she will not meet their demands
12 August 2019 airport protest and police violence:
12 August 2019: Hong Kong’s airport authority has cancelled departure flights after thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators flooded into one of the world’s busiest air travel hubs holding signs reading 'Hong Kong is not safe' and 'Shame on police'
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12 August 2019: Rights groups and democracy activists have accused police in Hong Kong of using excessive force after teargas was fired into an enclosed subway station in Kwai Fong, as it is rare for officers to fire teargas indoors
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12 August 2019: Hong Kong police made mass arrests on the streets of Causeway Bay, aided by men who appeared to be undercover officers dressed as protesters
13 August 2019 protests:
13 August 2019: Pro-democracy protesters have stage a new rally at Hong Kong’s airport and medical staff at more than a dozen public hospitals in Hong Kong stage a sit-in against police brutality and the government’s refusal to accede to protesters’ demands, as Beijing regime's media outlets ran videos showing armoured personnel and troop carriers purportedly driving to Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong, amid local and international warnings that 'violence ... will plunge
Hong Kong society into a very worrying and dangerous situation'
14 August 2019 protest group apologised to the public:
14 August 2019: A Hong Kong protest group apologised to reporters, paramedics and travellers for clashes on Wednesday, in which police armed with batons and pepper spray clashed with thousands of protesters, saying that 'after months of prolonged resistance, we are frightened, angry and exhausted' and some of us have 'over-reacted last night'
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as flights resume at airport
16 August 2019:
16 August 2019: Woman, believed to be a volunteer medic and who may lose an eye after being shot with a beanbag round has galvanised protesters, as her injury becomes a symbol of what protesters say are increasingly brutal tactics against Hong Kong citizens
17 August 2019 protest:
17 August 2019: Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Hong Kong, showing their movement still had public support despite Beijing's threats and police violence, chanting 'Liberate Hong Kong', as volunteers handed out herbal tea and juice, while shops which had closed for the day left boxes of drinks out for protesters, and as in another demonstration thousands of teachers braved heavy rains to fill a public square in central Hong Kong, where they rallied against police brutality toward young protesters
18 August 2019:
18 August 2019: Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong people flocked to downtown Victoria park in pouring rain for a fresh rally demanding the complete withdrawal of the now suspended extradition bill, the setting up of an independent body to investigate police violence and allowing universal suffrage, after two months of protests that have prompted threats from the Beijing regime and failed to win effective concessions from the city’s government, using police force to suppress them
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18 août 2019: Selon une organisation non-violente, plus de 1,7 million de personnes ont défilé dimanche à Hong Kong pour montrer que leur mouvement reste populaire en dépit des menaces d'intervention de Pékin
21 August 2019 protests against Simon Cheng's detention:
21 August 2019: A rally was held outside the British consulate in protest at Cheng’s detention and a sit-in rally will be held on Wednesday night at Yuen Long metro station, after Simon Cheng was detained in mainland China during a trip from Hong Kong nearly two weeks
21 August 2019: Hundreds of people took part in a sit-in at the out-of-town Yuen Long metro station earlier on Wednesday in protest at a violent and indiscriminate attack on commuters and protesters there a month ago, leading to a standoff with police this time not using teargas, rubber bullets and beanbag rounds
23 August 2019 Hong Kong protesters form human chain:
23 August 2019: Joining hands in 30-mile human chain protesters form chain across city
of Hong Kong inspired by ‘Baltic Way’ across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in 1989
24 August 2019 protests:
24 August 2019: Tens of thousands of demonstrators have begun an anti-government protest in Hong Kong, also protesting against new surveillance tactics, as the city’s 12th week of protests shows no sign of abating
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24 August 2019: After a peaceful afternoon march split into several impromptu marches in several locations, Hong Kong riot police fired rounds of teargas, rubber bullets, pepper balls and sponge rounds, and beaten people as protesters led them on a game of cat-and-mouse across the city
25 August 2019 protest and teargas:
25 August 2019: Police have fired teargas at protesters after tens of thousands of people poured on to the streets on a rainy day in a Hong Kong area noted for its links with triad gangsters, where demonstrators were attacked by stick-wielding men two weeks ago
26 August 2019 protest, arrests, water cannon, tear gas and warning shot:
26 August 2019: Dozens of people, including a 12-year-old, have been arrested after a night of clashes between police and demonstrators in Hong Kong that saw police fire a warning shot near protesters and use water cannon for the first time
30 August 2019 arrest of democracy activists:
30 August 2019: Several prominent pro-democracy activists including Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Andy Chan have been arrested in Hong Kong in an apparent crackdown on protests that have plunged the city into its worst political crisis in decades
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30 August 2019: The Civil Human Rights Front has decided to cancel an anti-extradition law march set for Saturday after their bid to overturn a police ban failed
31 August 2019:
31 August 2019: Hong Kong police crack down with coloured water cannon, tear gas
as protesters besiege government headquarters
1 September 2019 airport protest:
1 September 2019: Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators have descended on Hong Kong’s international airport, blocking roads and filling a bus terminus
2 September 2019 students protest:
2 September 2019: University and secondary school students attend pro-democracy rallies in central Hong Kong on Monday, as Beijing regime's Xinhua state news agency warns 'end is coming'
7 September 2019:
7 September 2019: Clashes and arrests in Tung Chung as riot police deploy across Hong Kong to intercept airport protest
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7 September 2019: Hong Kong riot police charge protesters at rally hot spot
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7 September 2019: After mainland Chinese authorities blocked shopping websites from selling such goods to the city of Hong Kong Taiwanese supporters send gas masks and filters to protesters
13 September 2019:
13 September 2019: Uncle Wong is part of Protect the Children, a community group whose members put their bodies between the police and young Hongkongers protesting against the government
15 September 2019 protests:
15 September 2019: Hundreds of demonstrators rallied Sunday outside the British Consulate in Hong Kong, stepping up calls for international support in their months-long campaign for democratic reforms in the semi-autonomous territory, after demonstrators held similar rallies on 1 September at the British facility and last weekend at the USA Consulate
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15 September 2019: Thousands of demonstrators chanted slogans and marched through downtown Hong Kong on Sunday in defiance of a police ban
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15 September 2019: Hong Kong police fired tear gas to break up protesters at Admiralty on Sunday, near the headquarters of Beijing regime's army
21 September 2019:
21 September 2019: In the fourth month of protests that have expanded to include demands for greater democracy demonstrators march in Hong Kong defending 'high degree of autonomy', civil liberties and chanting 'Reclaim Hong Kong!'
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21 September 2019: Hong Kong riot police fired teargas and charged towards protesters at an out-of-town district in Hong Kong as groups of pro-China supporters ripped anti-government protest messages from 'Lennon Walls'
21/22 September 2019 protests:
21/22 September 2019: After Hong Kong police cut short authorised Tuen Mun march, fired tear gas, sponge rounds and pepper spray
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arrested a number of protesters, including two 13-year-olds
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peaceful pro-democracy protests turn violent again
24 September 2019 videos of police beating protester sparks outrage:
24 September 2019: Videos showing Hong Kong police officers beating a man who had been attempting to protect young protesters has given rise to another wave of outrage at police
29 September 2019 protests:
29 September 2019: Protesters and police clashed in Hong Kong for a second straight day on Sunday, as riot police repeatedly fired blue liquid, used to identify protesters
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from a water cannon truck and multiple volleys of tear gas
1 October 2019 live ammunition against protesters:
1 October 2019: Huge crowds have turned out in Hong Kong on the 70th anniversary of PC rule in China in demonstrations that began peacefully but spiralled into the worst violence of the four-month old protest movement, as police were using live ammunition against protesters for the first time
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1 October 2019: Hong Kong protester shot in chest as China National Day demos intensify, 'The Guardian' reports
2 October 2019:
2 October 2019: Hundreds of students, alumni and staff have held a sit-in denouncing police violence outside the school of a Hong Kong teenager who was shot in the chest by police on Tuesday
3 October 2019 journalist permanently blinded in one eye by police:
3 October 2019: An Indonesian journalist hit in the face by a rubber bullet during protests in Hong Kong has been permanently blinded in one eye, her lawyer said, the most serious injury among the media since the movement began in June
4/5 October 2019 protests:
4 October 2019: Thousands of people swept into the streets of Hong Kong for protests after the government activated sweeping colonial-era powers for the first time in over half a century, using them to ban face masks
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5 October 2019: Hongkongers defy mask ban in fresh protest, marching from Causeway Bay to Central, as riot police ran towards people wearing masks near the HSBC headquarters and took them away
6 October 2019 protests:
6 October 2019: Shouting 'wearing a mask is not a crime' tens of thousands of protesters braved the rain Sunday to march in central Hong Kong, as a court rejected a second attempt to block the colonial-era ban
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6 October 2019: Demonstrators in Hong Kong wore face masks on Sunday after the government invoked colonial-era emergency powers, as protesters, who could face a year in prison for hiding their faces, threw teargas canisters back at police and as tens of thousands marched through central Hong Kong
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6 October 2019: Thousands in peaceful protests in heavy rain against mask ban, but police tried to disperse crowd, using teargas, rubber bullets and pepper spray
7 October 2019 Australian parliamentarian marches with Hong Kong protesters:
7 October 2019: Australian parliamentarian and former Australian human rights commissioner Tim Wilson marches with Hong Kong protesters as they defied a new, but old, ban on face masks
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7 October 2019: Hong Kong protesters defy the mask ban and Carrie Lam's employment of colonial-era powers to outlaw protests
11 October 2019 750 of the protesters arrested are children:
11 October 2019: Hong Kong officials have revealed that 750 of the protesters arrested during four months of unrest are children, sparking outrage in the city, as anger continues to grow over the government’s increasingly hardline measures against demonstrators
12 October 2019:
12 October 2019: Hong Kong protesters defy ban on masks as they clash with police
20 October 2019 protest and police violence:
20 octobre 2019: La police a eu recours aux gaz lacrymogènes et au canon à eau contre les dizaines de milliers de Hongkongais qui manifestaient dimanche leur colère après les violentes agressions dont ont été victimes cette semaine deux militants pro-démocratie
21 October 2019 protest and police violence:
21 October 2019: Hong Kong police have fired water cannon and tear gas at crowds holding an illegal march, with some protesters throwing petrol bombs and trashing businesses to cap a week of anger after recent attacks on pro-democracy demonstrators
27 October 2019 protest and police violence:
27 octobre 2019: La police hongkongaise a de nouveau fait usage de gaz lacrymogène et de balles en caoutchouc dimanche, et tentait ainsi de disperser une manifestation pro-démocratie non autorisée dans les rues commerçantes et touristiques de la pointe de la péninsule de Kowloon
2 November 2019 threats and protests:
2 November 2019: Hong Kong riot police fired multiple rounds of tear gas and used a water cannon to break up a rally by thousands of protesters demanding meaningful autonomy after Beijing regime indicated it could tighten its grip on the Chinese territory
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2 November 2019: Protesters have attacked the Hong Kong office of China's official Xinhua News Agency for the first time during the months-long anti-government demonstrations, smashing windows and doors
2 November 2019 protest:
2 novembre 2019: La police recourt au gaz lacrymogène à Hong Kong, alors que le mouvement de contestation pro-démocratie ne faiblit pas
12 November 2019 protest, teargas and closed schools:
12 November 2019: Riot police have fired teargas on anti-government demonstrators gathered in Hong Kong’s central business district and several universities, demanding greater democracy in the Chinese territory, as universities and schools close after police shot protester
13 November 2019 Hong Kong protests and riot police arrests:
13 November 2019: Hong Kong was paralysed on Wednesday, with riot police making arrests in a busy business district, much of the city’s public transport suspended and all universities closed following sharp clashes overnight with anti-government protesters
14/15 November 2019 protests:
14 November 2019: Anti-government protesters paralysed parts of Hong Kong for a fourth day on Thursday, forcing schools to close and blocking highways and other transport to disrupt the financial hub amid a marked escalation of violence
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15 November 2019: Protesters in Hong Kong have cleared a highway that they have blocked since Monday as a gesture of goodwill, as political unrest paralysed the city for a fifth day in a row, saying local elections must continue amid fears of postponement to avoid losses for pro Beijing regime candidates
16 November 2019 protesters abandoned their occupation of universities:
16 November 2019: Students and anti-government protesters abandoned their occupation of nearly all of Hong Kong’s universities Saturday after a near weeklong siege by police, but at least one major campus remained under control of demonstrators
17 November 2019:
17 November 2019: Fires blaze as Hong Kong protesters face police
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17 November 2019: Unrest continues to escalate as protesters fight police from barricaded campus, as Beijing regime's soldiers at a base near Polytechnic University, some of whom were in riot gear, were seen with binoculars monitoring the situation
18 November 2019 police using tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters in university:
18 November 2019: Hong Kong police using tear gas and rubber bullets fought off protesters Monday as they tried to break through a police cordon that is trapping hundreds of them on a university campus
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18 November 2019: Police fire rounds of teargas at protesters trying to leave campus, as hundreds remain trapped inside, 'The Guardian' reports live
20 November 2019 teenager protesting at Hong Kong Polytechnic University testifies:
20 November 2019: Hong Kong teenager protesting at nearly deserted campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University says role of protesters is important because the government didn’t back down when hundreds of thousands of people peacefully marched in the streets of Hong Kong demanding fully democratic elections and an investigation into alleged police brutality in cracking down on the demonstrations
22 November 2019 Hong Kong’s university siege stretched into a sixth day:
22 November 2019: Hong Kong’s university siege stretched into a sixth day on Friday, as medics warned of a humanitarian crisis and the city prepared for weekend elections that will be a key barometer of public support for protesters
30 November 2019 elder and young protesters united:
30 November 2019: Hundreds of elder activists have joined young protesters for a unity rally at a Hong Kong park, vowing that their monthslong movement will not fade away until there is greater democracy in the Chinese territory
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and as pro-democracy activists vowed to battle what they say are police brutality and unlawful arrests
1 December 2019 Hong Kong protest:
1 December 2019: Thousands took to Hong Kong’s streets Sunday in a new wave of pro-democracy protests
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1 décembre 2019: La police utilise des gaz lacrymogènes contre dizaines de milliers de manifestants pro-démocratie
8 December 2019 hundreds of thousands protest in Hong Kong:
8 December 2019: Hundreds of thousands of peaceful pro-democracy protesters have filled the streets of Hong Kong in a mass show of support for an anti-government and anti Beijing regime movement that shows no signs of flagging as it enters a seventh month
16 December 2019 police fire tear gas against protesters:
16 December 2019: Police fired tear gas against protesters in Hong Kong before meetings Monday between the territory's leader and Communist Party officials in Beijing, ending a lull in what have become regular clashes between riot squads and demonstrators
22 December 2019 Hong Kong riot police pepper-sprayed protesters in support of China’s ethnic Uighurs:
22 December 2019: Hong Kong riot police pepper-sprayed protesters to disperse crowds in the heart of the city’s financial district after a peaceful rally in support of China’s ethnic Uighurs
24 December 2019 Hong Kong police fire tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters:
24 December 2019: Hong Kong police fire tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters on Christmas Eve
26 December protests:
26 décembre 2019: Pour le 3e jour consécutif, la police et des manifestants pro-démocratie se sont affrontés dans des malls de la mégapole
28 December 2019 Hong Kong protesters demand mainland Chinese traders leave and arrests:
28 December 2019: Hong Kong protesters demand mainland Chinese traders leave, as police in civilian clothes with clubs tackled and handcuffed some protesters, also firing pepper spray at protesters and reporters
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28 décembre 2019: La police de Hong Kong a arrêté au moins 15 personnes lors d'affrontements samedi avec des manifestants pro-démocratie
1 January 2020 hundreds of thousands of people packed Hong Kong streets for an annual New Year's Day protest march:
1 January 2020: Hundreds of thousands of people join New Year’s Day rally in Hong Kong
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as the monthslong pro-democracy movement extended into 2020, and as police used pepper spray, tear gas and a water cannon
12 January 2020 Hong Kong rally seeks international support for movement:
12 January 2020: Hong Kong people attended a rally on Sunday to urge people and governments abroad to support the city's pro-democracy movement and oppose China's ruling Communist Party, as also representatives of allied activist groups from Canada, Europe and Taiwan made remarks and led the attendees in chants of 'Fight for freedom! Stand with Hong Kong!'
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seeking voting rghts in Hong Kong
19 January 2020 Hong Kong police fired tear gas on thousands of protesters:
19 January 2020: Hong Kong police fired tear gas Sunday at a public park that was overflowing with thousands of protesters calling for electoral reforms and a boycott of Beijing regime's ruling party
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19 janvier 2020: Des agents de police en civil ont été frappés dimanche à Hong Kong par des manifestants pro-démocratie, après les forces anti-émeute ont tiré des grenades lacrymogènes pour disperser la foule
15 February 2020 Hong Kong anti-government protest against government plans to turn buildings into coronavirus quarantine centres:
15 February 2020: Hong Kong anti-government protesters marched in multiple neighbourhoods on Saturday against government plans to potentially turn some buildings into coronavirus quarantine centres, demanding full closure of the mainland China border
22 April 2020 fresh crackdown on Hong Kong's democracy movement:
22 April 2020: Amid fresh crackdown in Hong Kong, democracy activist Martin Lee, who was arrested on Saturday, says protests will turn fatal if authorities go ahead with expected national security push
2 May 2020 Hong Kong police used pepper to disperse protesters:
2 May 2020: Hong Kong police used pepper spray Friday night to disperse more than 100 protesters singing and chanting pro-democracy slogans in a shopping mall
24 May 2020 Hong Kong police have used teargas, pepper spray and water cannon on protesters:
24 May 2020: Hong Kong police have used teargas, pepper spray and water cannon on protesters after thousands took to the streets in protest against Beijing’s declaration that it intends to impose national security laws on the semi-autonomous region, also arresting at least 120 people
25 May 2020 Taiwan promises 'support' for Hong Kong's people as Beijing regime tightens grip:
25 May 2020: After a resurgence in protests against newly proposed legislation from Beijing against Hong Kong's autonomy, Taiwan promises 'support' for Hong Kong's people, pledging ‘necessary assistance’
27 May 2020 thousands of pro-democracy protesters criticizing regime:
27 May 2020: Thousands of protesters shouted pro-democracy slogans and slogans against police and violence in Hong Kong on Wednesday as lawmakers debated a bill criminalizing opposition against Beijing's regime's national anthem in the semi-autonomous city
4 June 2020 thousands in Hong Kong defy ban to hold Tiananmen Square vigil:
4 June 2020: Thousands of protesters in Hong Kong have defied a police ban to mark the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown with a vigil, as the city’s legislature passed a law criminalising the mocking of China’s national anthem and as many fear this year’s commemoration might be Hong Kong’s last, as the proposed imposition of Beijing regime's laws on the special administrative region in Hong Kong defy ban to hold Tiananmen Square vigil
9 June 2020 pro-democracy protesters mark one year on the streets:
9 June 2020: Pro-democracy protesters mark one year on the streets
13 June 2020 Hongkongers marked first anniversary of pro-democracy demonstrations but police made arrests:
13 June 2020: Thousands of Hongkongers have sung a popular protest anthem and chanted slogans across the city as they marked the first anniversary of pro-democracy demonstrations, but pro-Beijing riot police send snatch squads to detain demonstrators throughout night after declaring gatherings illegal
25 June 2020 Hong Kong protesters flee to Taiwan:
25 June 2020: Hong Kong protesters flee to Taiwan to continue China resistance
29 June 2020 citizens arrested during Hong Kong peaceful protest against Beijing's laws:
29 June 2020: Dozens arrested during Hong Kong peaceful protest against national security laws, as protest ends in scuffles with police and as Beijing prepares to approve legislation not wanted by Hong Kong citizens
1 July 2020 police use water cannon, pepper spray against Hong Kong pro-democracy protests:
1 July 2020: Hong Kong police use water cannon, pepper spray against pro-democracy protests and arrest more than 180 on first day of 'security' law
3 July 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy politician Nathan Law is continuing the fight from abroad:
3 July 2020: Hong Kong activist and pro-democracy politician Nathan Law is continuing the fight from abroad, saying 'I don't know when I'll go back' adding that the international front is key, after even in prison he never imagined he would consider fleeing his home
4 July 2020 Hongkongers finding creative ways to voice dissent against Beijing regime:
4 July 2020: Hongkongers are finding creative ways to voice dissent after Beijing blanketed the city in a new security law and police began arresting people displaying now forbidden political slogans
12 July 2020 hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong citizens queued to cast ballots:
12 July 2020: Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong citizens queued to cast ballots over the weekend in what semi-autonomous city’s opposition camp says is a symbolic protest vote against tough 'security' law directly imposed by Beijing
21 July 2020 protesters commemorate 2019 protest and regime's violence:
21 juillet 2020: La police anti-émeute a mené une vaste opération mardi dans une localité du territoire de Hong Kong pour empêcher des militants de commémorer une manifestation pro-démocratie qui avait été attaquée par des groupes pro-gouvernementaux il y a un an
30 July 2020 outcry in Hong Kong as 4 student activists arrested:
30 July 2020: Outcry in Hong Kong as 4 student activists arrested under new security law, the first political activists to be held since pro-Beijing legislation was imposed by the always more aggressive northern one-party state pretending to be China, ruling with police and military
11 August 2020 Hong Kong residents rallied behind the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily:
11 August 2020: Hong Kong residents have rallied behind the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily after its founder was detained under a controversial national security law being used to crack down on dissent
6 September 2020 almost 300 arrests as Hong Kong protesters oppose election delay:
6 Septemer 2020: On what was supposed to have been Hong Kong’s election day, hundreds of pro-democracy protesters took to the streets, where they encountered a heavy presence from police, who fired pepper pellets and arrested almost 300 people
7 September 2020 Hongkongers left shocked by the rough police arrest of a 12-year-old girl:
7 September 2020: Hongkongers have been left shocked by the rough police arrest of a 12-year-old girl whose family says was corraled into a protest crowd while out buying art supplies, coming amid the largest street protest seen in Hong Kong since 1 July, the first full day under the national security laws imposed by Beijing on the city
Society, demographics, culture and human rights in Hong Kong:
Hong Kong society
Demographics and ethnic groups in Hong Kong:
Demographics
of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong people
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Ethnic groups in Hong Kong
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A majority of the Filipinos in Hong Kong, numbering 140,000 in 2004, work as domestic helpers
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Indonesians in Hong Kong, numbering 102,100 in 2006, form the second-largest ethnic minority group in Hong Kong
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Immigration to Hong Kong
Human rights in Hong Kong:
Human rights in Hong Kong
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8 February 2013: In wealthy Hong Kong, the poorest live in metal cages
Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong:
Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong
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25 mars 2013: Pas de droit de résidence pour les domestiques philippines et indonésiennes
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27 February 2015: Hong Kong woman jailed for six years for torturing Indonesian maid
Culture and languages in Hong Kong:
Culture
of Hong Kong
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Languages of Hong Kong
Education in Hong Kong:
Education
in Hong Kong
17 August 2019 protest:
17 August 2019: Thousands of Hong Kong teachers braved heavy rains to fill a public square in central Hong Kong, where they rallied against police brutality toward young protesters, as in another demonstration thousands of citizens took to the streets, despite Beijing's threats and police violence, chanting 'Liberate Hong Kong'
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17 August 2019: As students and teachers rally in Central Hong Kong, exiled activists send messages of support for protesters
15 July 2020 censorship fears in schools and universities:
15 juillet 2020: La loi chinoise sur la sécurité nationale à Hong Kong suscite la crainte dans les écoles et les universités du territoire, de nombreux enseignants redoutant qu’elle ne sonne le glas de leur liberté d’enseignement
Schools in Hong Kong:
Lists of schools in Hong Kong
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List of international schools in Hong Kong
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Higher education in Hong Kong
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List of higher education institutions in Hong Kong
21 March 2020 schools remain closed amid coronavirus crisis:
21 March 2020: Hong Kong schools to remain closed as city postpones university entrance exams until April 24 trying to contain a surge in coronavirus cases
6 October 2020 Hong Kong primary teacher deregistered 'for talking about independence':
6 October 2020: Hong Kong primary teacher deregistered 'for talking about independence', accused of violating legislation, reportedly discussing freedom of speech with pupils
5 February 2021 Hong Kong's dramatic overhaul of the education curriculum:
5 February 2021: Hong Kong students as young as six will be taught about the national security law under a dramatic overhaul of the education curriculum, as notices sent out on Thursday require schools to prevent participation in political activities, increase monitoring of employees and teaching materials, remove books and flyers deemed to endanger national security, and to report to authorities if necessary
Universities and colleges in Hong Kong:
Universities and colleges in Hong Kong
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Universities and colleges in Hong Kong by type
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Universities in Hong Kong
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Since 1911 University of Hong Kong
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Since 1963 Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Since 1991 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Health in Hong Kong:
Health
in Hong Kong
Medical outbreaks and distasters in Hong Kong:
Medical outbreaks in Hong Kong
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Health disasters in Hong Kong
4 January 2020 infectious disease brought back by visitors to mainland China:
4 January 2020: Hong Kong authorities activated a newly created 'serious response' level Saturday as fears spread
about a mysterious infectious disease that may have been brought back by visitors to mainland Chinese Wuhan city, recalling deadly respiratory syndrome that killed 700 people
10 January 2020 health problems due to regime's crackdown on pro-democracy protests:
10 January 2020: Nearly one in three adults in Hong Kong reported symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder during months of crackdown on pro-democracy protests, according to a study published in the Lancet medical journal, and about one in 10 had symptoms of probable depression
Since January 2020 Chineses coronavirus pandemic in Hong Kong:
Since January 2020 Chineses coronavirus pandemic in Hong Kong
4 February 2020 first Hong Kong death due to Wuhan's coronavirus:
4 February 2020: First Hong Kong death due to new coronavirus reported as China cases pass 20,000, acoording to 'The Guardian'
20 July 2020 Hong Kong ponders lockdown amid latest covid-19 outbreak:
20 July 2020: Hong Kong ponders lockdown amid latest covid-19 outbreak, as panic spreads after more than 500 new cases recorded in past two weeks, most of them local
23 January 2021 Hong Kong orders thousands to stay home in city's first covid lockdown:
23 January 2021: Thousands of people in Hong Kong have been ordered to stay in their homes in the city’s first covid-19 lockdown, as authorities battle an outbreak in one of its poorest and most densely packed districts
Healthcare in Hong Kong:
Healthcare
in Hong Kong
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Medical and health organisations based in Hong Kong
2 August 2019 medical workers join pro-democracy protests:
2 August 2019: Hundreds of medical workers call for the release of a nurse who was arrested for tending to protesters hurt in clashes with police, as in a separate rally thousands of civil servants in Hong Kong protest against the government in a rare display of defiance of a government order
Hospitals in Hong Kong:
Hospitals in Hong Kong
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List of hospitals in Hong Kong
Medical schools in Hong Kong:
Medical schools in Hong Kong
Media of Hong Kong:
Media of Hong Kong
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26 October 2014: Journalists condemn attacks on journalists during a anti-Occupy Central rally last night, when an RTHK reporter was dragged to the ground and a TVB reporter and two TVB cameramen were injured
December 2019 unpunished regime can do anything, interview of journalist Veby Mega Indah blinded covering protests:
31 December 2019: Interview of Hong Kong journalist Veby Mega Indah blinded covering protests on her bid to sue police, saying police cannot shoot people ‘because they are panicked or angry’
25 April 2020 abducted Hong Kong bookseller opens Taiwan shop:
25 April 2020: Abducted Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee opens Taiwan shop
4 July 2020 following China's crackdown Hongkongers say 'I feel helpless and hopeless':
4 July 2020: Hongkongers say 'I feel helpless and hopeless', as Guardian readers in or from Hong Kong share their views on the new national security law
27 August 2020 Hong Kong Free Press journalist denied visa amid fears for media freedom:
27 August 2020: Hong Kong Free Press journalist denied visa amid fears for media freedom, as Irish journalist Aaron McNicholas’s visa was rejected in what’s believed to the first such case at a local title
Newspapers in Hong Kong:
Newspapers in Hong Kong
2015:
20 May 2015: Hong Kong to get new crowdfunded independent newspaper, launched by a group of independent journalists to combat lack of press freedom
Internet in Hong Kong:
Internet in
Hong Kong
August 2019 Twitter and Facebook oppose Chinese campaign against Hong Kong:
20 August 2019: Twitter has removed nearly 1,000 accounts and suspended approximately 200,000 of others tied to a campaign by the Chinese government against protesters in Hong Kong, as Facebook said it had removed seven pages, three groups and five accounts belonging to a network that originated in China, targeting the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong
8 July 2020 Beijing regime's 'Great Firewall' descends on Hong Kong internet users:
8 July 2020: Chinese regime's 'Great Firewall', the vast apparatus that limits the country’s internet, descends on Hong Kong internet users, after contentious new national security law Hong Kong government enabled police to censor online speech and force internet service providers to hand over user information and shut down platforms gives police powers over online activity
Crime in Hong Kong:
Crime
in Hong Kong
Corruption in Hong Kong:
4 September 2014: Billionaire brothers Kwok who control Asia's biggest property development company have gone on trial in Hong Kong's biggest ever corruption case
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9 October 2014: A report reveals how Hong Kong leader Leung received undisclosed payments worth $6.5 million from Australian engineering firm UGL in the two years since he took office
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20 October: Pro-democracy protesters, injured by batons, pepper spray and tear gas at Beijing-regime's command since September, strongly deny Hong Kong's Leung's claim that 'external forces' are involved in the action on the pro-democracy side
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23 December 2014: Hong Kong’s former deputy leader Rafael Hui and property tycoon Thomas Kwok jailed after being convicted of corruption
Organised crime in Hong Kong:
Organised crime in Hong Kong
Excessive use of force by Hong Kong Police Force:
Excessive use of force by Hong Kong Police Force
2017 police abuse in 2014 sentenced:
17 février 2017: Sept policiers condamnés de deux ans de prison pour avoir frappé un militant en 2014
August 2019 reckless use of tear gas by Hong Kong police:
17 August 2019: The reckless use of tear gas by Hong Kong police in confined spaces is dangerous and patently unlawful
September 2019 police violence report:
19 September 2019: Rights group has warned of an 'alarming pattern' of violence used by Hong Kong police at anti-government demonstrations over the past three months, with officers reportedly beating protesters before and after arrest
24 September 2019 videos of police beating protester:
24 September 2019: Videos showing Hong Kong police officers beating a man who had been attempting to protect young protesters has given rise to another wave of outrage at police
Man-made disasters in Hong Kong:
Man-made disasters in Hong Kong
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Transport disasters in Hong Kong
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Fires in Hong Kong
July 2012 Hong Kong plastic disaster:
July 2012 Hong Kong plastic disaster
October 2012 Lamma Island ferry collision:
2012 Lamma Island ferry collision
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2 October 2012: A
collision
between two passenger boats off Hong Kong has left at least 36 people dead
May 2014 Po Toi Island ship collision:
May 2014 Po Toi Island ship collision
June 2016 Amoycan Industrial Centre fire:
June 2016 Amoycan Industrial Centre fire
Law and legal history in Hong Kong:
Hong Kong law
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Law of Hong Kong's constitutional framework is provided by the Hong Kong Basic Law, which is a national law of the People's Republic of China
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Hong Kong Basic Law
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Human rights in
Hong Kong
7 August 2019 Hong Kong's lawyers march against political prosecutions:
7 August 2019: Thousands of Hong Kong’s legal professionals have staged a march to put pressure on the city’s Department of Justice over what they say are political prosecutions of protesters
Judiciary and court system of Hong Kong:
Judiciary of Hong Kong
Magistrates' Court in Hong Kong:
Magistrates' Court
November 2018:
19 November 2018: Hong Kong democracy activists Benny Tai, Chu Yiu-ming and Chan Kin-man plead not guilty to charges of public nuisance for their involvement in nearly three months of street protests in 2014, as hundreds attend the trial of a total of nine activists
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also holding a rally outside West Kowloon Magistrates court to support the fight for democracy
April 2019:
9 April 2019: Nine pro-democracy campaigners have been convicted over their leadership of 'umbrella movement' rallies in Hong Kong in 2014, in a controversial verdict that has prompted renewed alarm about the city’s political freedom
District Court in Hong Kong:
District Court in Hong Kong
Court of First Instance in Hong Kong:
Court of First Instance in Hong Kong
Court of Appeal in Hong Kong:
Court of Appeal in Hong Kong
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Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong
January 2018:
17 January 2018: Seen as further evidence of Beijing regime’s growing influence over Hong Kong, Joshua Wong and fellow campaigners Nathan Law and Alex Chow jailed for second time over 2014 protest by the court of appeal, after the government’s intervention
High Court of Hong Kong:
High Court of Hong Kong
February 2018:
6 February 2018: Hong Kong democracy activists Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow have won an appeal in the territory’s highest court against jail sentences relating to the 2014 'umbrella movement' protests, but were warned that future acts of civil disobedience would be dealt with harshly
Law enforcement in Hong Kong:
Law enforcement in Hong Kong
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Law enforcement agencies of Hong Kong
22 July 2019 police tolerated violent mob:
22 July 2019: Police accused of doing nothing and arriving too late at the scene in a night of violence, which saw an armed mob dressed in white, suspected to be triad gangsters
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storming a train station and assaulting pro-democracy protesters and passers-by in the Yuen Long area including women and children, as local media said they were targeting people dressed in black, the colour most protesters were wearing, leaving 45 attacked people hospitalised, including one critically injured
24 July 2019:
24 July 2019: Victims of the attack by masked mob in Yuen Long train station have accused police of not responding to their calls for help, saying 'we saved ourselves, because nobody else was there', as passengers on the way home and witnesses watched helplessly more than 100 men in white 'attacking kids' and sreaming women, calling the emergency services without answer, saying 'during the whole thing I didn’t see a single policeman or MTR staff' and that the attack lasted 30 minutes, as Beijing’s regime blamed foreign forces, and in particular the USA, for the turmoil in Hong Kong
Environment of Hong Kong:
Environment of
Hong Kong
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Natural history of Hong Kong
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Geology of Hong Kong
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Climate of Hong Kong
Ecosystems in Hong Kong:
Ecosystems in Hong Kong
Water in Hong Kong
Water in Hong Kong
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Bodies of water of Hong Kong
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Water supply and sanitation in Hong Kong
Environmental issues in Hong Kong:
Environmental problems and issues in Hong Kong
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including air and water pollution from rapid urbanisation, extinction of natural species, introduction of exotic species
Air pollution in Hong Kong:
Air pollution in Hong Kong
Waste management in Hong Kong:
Waste management in
Hong Kong
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Domestic waste management in Hong Kong
Illegal hunting of species by mainland Chinese:
Illegal hunting of species by mainland Chinese
Natural disasters in Hong Kong:
Natural disasters in Hong Kong
Typhoons in Hong Kong:
Typhoons in Hong Kong
September 2018 Typhoon Mangkhut:
September 2018 Typhoon Mangkhut
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17 September 2018: Super typhoon Mangkhut leaves more than 200 injured and paralyzes transport as it pummels Hong Kong with record-breaking winds
Macau:
Special administrative region
Macau
2014 gamblers from mainland China in Macau:
2 July 2014: With swelling numbers of tourists and gamblers from mainland China, the gambling capital Macau has become world's fourth-richest territory
2017 Typhoon Hato threatens ordinary citizens:
1 September 2017: When Typhoon Hato swept into Macau it exposed a very different side to a city best-known for ostentatious casinos and wealthy high rollers, showing images of people desperately trying to cope with shoulder-high flood w